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--- thew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. 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