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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Machaon who wrote (131397)3/12/2001 8:00:01 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero  Read Replies (3) of 769667
 
This involves all of us here:
Just got his e-mail:




>->Subject: Federal BIll 602p
>>>
>>> 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 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). 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 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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