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Subject: VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! I 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 on 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 charge.
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 to E-mail
to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives 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 602P Sorry it is so long. ^i^Angel
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