This is a Hoax that has been around for over a year. It started in Canada. There is no bill 602P.
[email protected] wrote: > > I apologize to the respective forums that frown upon forwarding messages, but > I thought this particular message was too important not to bring to your > attention. Roger > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: FW: E-Mail charges - no joke > Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:42:22 -0500 > From: "Doug" <[email protected]> > To: "Jack Scott (E-mail)" <[email protected]> > CC: "Roger Altman (E-mail)" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > "Garry Spence (E-mail)" <[email protected]>, > "Rick Gilbert (E-mail)" <[email protected]> > > Hi Jack, i thought that you might find this interesting. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 11:00 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: E-Mail charges - no joke > > > 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 > > > > >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 government's > > > > >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 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! > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
