Go to http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/postage.html for the latest on
"Bill 602P" (which doesn't exist by the way). And check it out too because
the info is from CANADA. This legend sure does get around. On this page the
lawyer is Toronto lawyer Richard Stepp QC, on the one you sent it is a
Washington lawyer... get it? The sh*t is fake.
MEK
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( )
To: [email protected]
Subject: [313] O.T. Email tax..Bill 602P......
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:03:38 -0500
This isnt related to Techno soap operas ...But quite related to the list..
>>
>
>>> 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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