Hi Ever'body.......
this came to me by way of a nice 'lil ol' 84 year old lady across the street
from my mother. Have any of you seen this before,-is it true,-and what do
YOU think we should do about it ?
I felt to plausable enough, and harmless enough to post it to you.....
"-hey, ya' never know"
so let's hear YOUR thoughts about it OK?
Doug Anderson, stuck inna much of Nu Yawk
PS; I do not know this Jim Smith <jimsmith@pocketmail.com>
( how many of THEM are there? )
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----- Original Message -----
From: <jimsmith@pocketmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: Stop Government intervention it will cost us plenty.
Hello we received this message and we do not want to have more stupid laws
pushed on us. This will cost us money and it may be the start of something
that we will regret. 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 FederalGovernment 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.
Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a
"$20-$40per 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! Be instrumental in killing an egregious infringement on our
personal rights and truly a bill we do not want.
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