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[Howard S Young]

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From: "Lanny Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Howard S Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 23:37:32 -0600
Subject: Read and pass on
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)'Subject:        FW: Bill 602P
Federal Bill 602p
Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P  PROPOSES 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!

 

)'Subject:        FW: Bill 602P Federal Bill 602p Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P  PROPOSES 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!