yeah,yeah ..I know ...had 2 do something about Juan @tkins being cancelled
for the x20 time....
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ) on 03/27/2001 10:03:38 AM
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> Subject: [313] O.T. Email tax..Bill 602P......
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> This isnt related to Techno soap operas ...But quite related to the list..
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> >>> The federal government is trying to get money for e-mail...
> >>> Please pass onto anyone interested.
> >>>
> >>> VOTE NO ON 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 efficiency.
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> Our 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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