IMPORTANT you repost to all!
PLEASE FOLKS...THIS IS B.S B.S. B.S. B.S. B.S, B.S. B.S. B.S. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS AN **OLD** URBAN LEGEND. IT CROPS UP SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR....USUALLY, JUST BEFORE A HOLIDAY. THERE IS ***NO** RICHARD STEPP, 'SUPER ALTRUISTIC LAWYER (THAT'S A JOKE IN ITSELF) WORKING HIS LITTLE SELF TO DEATH....FOR *NOTHING* TO STOP THIS INSIDIOUS BILL FROM PASSING!!! THERE IS *NO* BILL 602-P !! MASSIVE SENDING OF THIS B.S. CAN OVERLOAD *SOME* MAIL SERVERS AND ROUTERS AND CLOG SOME PORTIONS OF THE NET.....WHICH IS WHAT THESE THINGS ARE DESIGNED TO DO. BESIDES, POLITICIANS HAVE ABIDING AVERSION TO LYNCHING PARTIES !! :)
ITS........BULLSHIT.......FOLKS.
JAO
Archibald Bard
TO KEEP THE PEACE,
KEEP YOUR PIECE!
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:28 AM
Subject: [APFN] Federal Bill 602P - - You'll Pay 5-Cents Per E-mail Sent !!!
saw this one on freerepublic.com today...........passing it along...........
Federal Bill 602P - - You'll Pay 5-Cents Per E-mail Sent !!!
Government
Source: E-Mail
Published: November 21,2001 Author: E-Mail
Posted on 11/21/01 8:18 AM Pacific by GeekDejure
Recd: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:23 PM
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-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 inefficiency. 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. 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).
Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and
relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill 602P.
PLEASE DO THIS !!!!!! 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!!!
