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> READ THIS, IT IS NOT A JOKE
> NO MORE FREE E-MAIL?
>
>
> Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. 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 your use
> of the Internet.
>
> Under proposed legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to
> bilk E-mail users out of "alternate postage fees."
>
> Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. 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 D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent
> this legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming
> that 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 citizen
> received about 10 pieces of e-mail per day in 1998, the cost to the
> typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over
> $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs.
>
> Note that this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal Service
> for a service they even provide. The whole point of the Internet is
> democracy and noninterference. If the federal government is permitted
> to tamper with our liberties by adding a surcharge to e-mail, who knows
> where it will end. You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail
> mail because of bureaucratic efficiency.
>
> It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from New
> York to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with
> e-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United
> States.
>
> One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty to forty
> dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the
> government's 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). Don't sit by
> and watch your freedoms erode away!
>
> Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends
> and relatives to write to their congressman 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 don't want.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
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>RE: NO MORE FREE E-MAIL?
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>=================================
>READ THIS, IT IS NOT A JOKE
>NO MORE FREE E-MAIL?
>=================================
>
>
>Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. 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 your use
>of the Internet.
>
>Under proposed legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to
>bilk E-mail users out of "alternate postage fees."
>
>Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. 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 D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent
>this legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming
>that 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 citizen
>received about 10 pieces of e-mail per day in 1998, the cost to the
>typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over
>$180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs.
>
>Note that this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal Service
>for a service they even provide. The whole point of the Internet is
>democracy and noninterference. If the federal government is permitted
>to tamper with our liberties by adding a surcharge to e-mail, who knows
>where it will end. You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail
>mail because of bureaucratic efficiency.
>
>It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from New
>York to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with
>e-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United
>States.
>
>One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty to forty
>dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the
>government's 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). Don't sit by
>and watch your freedoms erode away!
>
>Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends
>and relatives to write to their congressman 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 don't want.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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