Urban myth:
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Subject: [CTRL] FW: check it out
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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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