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Re: NSI Bulletin 098-008 | New Registration Agreement

  • From: Jay R. Ashworth
  • Date: Mon Mar 30 23:26:24 1998

On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 07:57:44PM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
> At 10:27 PM 3/30/98 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> >NSI don't owe anyone shit... 
> 
> instead of focusing on the question of NSI, versus not NSI, how about
> noticing that everyone has been overcharged (actually rather more than $15,
> but we'll take what we can get) and notice that the money is still around,
> and then just credit it back to the users.  
> 
> If that takes a transfer from the USG to NSI, big deal.

Um... the problem, Dave, is still that the word "overcharged" is
incorrect.  NSI collected that money _as an agent_ of the government.

They don't have it, much less do they owe it to other people.

It's _that_ misconception which I was trying to correct.

Cheers,
-- jra
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