HappyFace
Diamond Member
I was forwarded the below message earlier today, and don't believe a word of it. The government has no right to charge per e-mail, as they don't own it! They simply don't have the resources to insure complete payment of the fees anyway...
Absolutely Ludicrous!!!! ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! I 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 in1998,
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 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, Tony
Schnell ? 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 and relatives 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 killing a bill
we do not want.
Please forward!
::: Cough ::: If this is were real - we would most certainly consider those who proposed the bill to be extreme and very dangerous lunatics. A padded cell would suit such a person quite nicely...
😉
Absolutely Ludicrous!!!! ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! I 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 in1998,
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 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, Tony
Schnell ? 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 and relatives 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 killing a bill
we do not want.
Please forward!
::: Cough ::: If this is were real - we would most certainly consider those who proposed the bill to be extreme and very dangerous lunatics. A padded cell would suit such a person quite nicely...
😉
