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Re: FW: Federal Bill 602pPLease read to see what the gov't is trying to do

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Morris, George" <gmorris at kester_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 8:12 AM
Subject: FW: FW: Federal Bill 602pPLease read to see what the gov't is
trying to do


>
> >
> >
> > We need to watch what we are voting for...
> >
> > Subject: Federal BIll 602p
> >
> > Subject: Fw: ALERT!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: Federal Bill 602p
> >
> > 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
> > non-interference. 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 (R) 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!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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