Card Shark
March 27th, 2001, 10:53 AM
Is this for real? Have you been sent this before? If this is real it should make us all VERY nervous!!
VOTE NO ON BILL 602P
I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5 cents per email 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 email. 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 email 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 per day -
or over $180.00 a year - above and beyond their regular Internet cost.
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, Toney Shcnekll (r) has even suggested a
$20.00 - $40.00 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 email 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 this email.
VOTE NO ON BILL 602P
I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5 cents per email 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 email. 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 email 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 per day -
or over $180.00 a year - above and beyond their regular Internet cost.
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, Toney Shcnekll (r) has even suggested a
$20.00 - $40.00 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 email 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 this email.