If I see this one more time I think I'll vomit.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Robert Sexson
>Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 3:44 PM
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Fwd: E-mail charges
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>----- Original Message -----
>> From: EDS3233@aol.com
>> Message-ID: <8.aa13673.26ff7cf9@aol.com>
>> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:51:21 EDT
>> Subject: Fwd: E-mail charges
>> To: Johns7010@aol.com, rsexson@excite.com
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>> I saw this coming a long time ago.
>> Message-Id: <00Sep22.081819edt.119152@gatekeeper.bop.gov>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:14:55 -0400
>> From: "Edward Sexson" <esexson@bop.gov>
>> To: <eds3233@aol.com>
>> Subject: Fwd: E-mail charges
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>> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:25:29 -0400
>> From: "Angela Page" <adeskin@bop.gov>
>> To: <bpagemlm@prodigy.net>
>> Cc: "Edward Sexson" <esexson@bop.gov>,
>> "Judy Huggins" <jxhuggins@bop.gov>,
>> "Kathy Donaldson" <kdonaldson@bop.gov>,
>> "Olivia Osten" <oosten@bop.gov>
>> Subject: E-mail charges
>>
>> Subject: Vote No on Bill 602P
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>> ---------------------- Forwarded by Evalin McClain/ad/kcmo on 09/19/2000
>> 01:49 PM ---------------------------
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>> Diana Johnson - 513-1483
>> 09/19/2000 01:43 PM
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>> To: SOS Audio <sosaudio@swbell.net>, Dallas Dixon/co/kcmo@kcmo,
>> sha7779311@aol.com, lglewis1 <lglewis1@pdq.net>, Evalin
>> McClain/ad/kcmo@kcmo, mnosseir@tb-engr.com, len5star@home.com,
>> kthompson@aol.com, Terezpw@aol.com
>> cc:
>> Subject: Vote No on Bill 602P
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>> 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 noninterference. 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 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!
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