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THIS WAS FORWARDED TO ME BY A FRIEND:
Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent.
It figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will
permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered
E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online
and continue using E-mail. The last few months have revealed an alarming
trend in the Government of the United States attempting to quietly push
through legislation that will affect our use of the Internet.
Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees."
Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge
on every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source.
The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP.
Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent
this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost
revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000
in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "There
is nothing like a letter." Since the average person received about 10 pieces
of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an
additional 50 cents a day-or over $180 per year-above and beyond their
regular Internet costs.  Note that this would be money paid directly to the
US Postal Service for a service they do not even provide.  The whole
point of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already
paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic
inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered
from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with
E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States.
Congressional representative, Tony Schnell ® has even suggested a
$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond
the governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the major
newspapers have ignored the story the only exception being the
Washingtonian which called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful
concept who's time has come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit
by and watch your freedom erode away!
Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and
relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill
602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well
be instrumental in killing a bill we do not want.
PLEASE FORWARD!
MTPockets
<a target="_blank" href=http://community.webshots.com/user/mtpockets53>http://community.webshots.com/user/mtpockets53</a><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MTPockets on 10/28/01 04:24 PM.</FONT></P>
Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent.
It figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will
permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered
E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online
and continue using E-mail. The last few months have revealed an alarming
trend in the Government of the United States attempting to quietly push
through legislation that will affect our use of the Internet.
Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees."
Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge
on every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source.
The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP.
Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent
this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost
revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000
in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "There
is nothing like a letter." Since the average person received about 10 pieces
of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an
additional 50 cents a day-or over $180 per year-above and beyond their
regular Internet costs.&nbsp; Note that this would be money paid directly to the
US Postal Service for a service they do not even provide.&nbsp; The whole
point of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already
paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic
inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered
from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with
E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States.
Congressional representative, Tony Schnell ® has even suggested a
$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond
the governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the major
newspapers have ignored the story the only exception being the
Washingtonian which called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful
concept who's time has come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit
by and watch your freedom erode away!
Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and
relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill
602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well
be instrumental in killing a bill we do not want.
PLEASE FORWARD!
MTPockets
<a target="_blank" href=http://community.webshots.com/user/mtpockets53>http://community.webshots.com/user/mtpockets53</a><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MTPockets on 10/28/01 04:24 PM.</FONT></P>
