-Caveat Lector-
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He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of
freedom, truth and duty.
Kahil Gibran, Spirits Rebellious
NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew
>
> EVERYONE......PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!!!!
>
> 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 inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days
> for a
> letter t! o 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-$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 E-mail to
> EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends andrelatives 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
>
>
>
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