Bogus. There is no Congressman named Tony Schnell that I could find.
H.R.602 is:
Civil Service Long-Term Care Insurance Benefit Act (Introduced in the House)
S. 602 is:
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for
congressional review of any rule promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service
that increases Federal revenue, and for other purposes.
These E-mail scares have been going around for years.
If you want to see the bills before Congress, go to
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
Two bills that may be of interest are:
E-Mail User Protection Act (Introduced in the House)[H.R.1910.IH]
Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 (Introduced in the
House)[H.R.3560.IH]
Alan A
99 CC DA SC, 2k CC IB on order
Just throwing in my 5.9 cents.
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----> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Chuck and Loreen > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:38 AM > To: DML > Subject: DML: OT: The Demise of Mailing Lists?? > > > Just received this this morning. Don't know about the validity of it, > but I have heard something like this before. > > Chuck Robbins > '99 Sport v6 5spd 2wd RC > http://www.members.home.com/clrobbins > > NO MORE FREE E-MAIL..... Dated 4 Jan 00 > > > > CNN has reported that within the next two weeks Congress is going to > > vote on allowing telephone companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE for > > Internet access. > > > > Translation: Every time we send a long distance e-mail we will > > receive > > a > > long > > distance charge. This will get costly. Please visit the following > > web > > site > > and file a complaint. Complain to your Congressperson. We can't > > allow > > this > > to pass! The following address will allow you to send an e-mail on > > this > > subject DIRECTLY to your Congressperson. > > > > <http://www.house.gov/writerep> > > > > Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent. I hope all of you will > > pass > > this on to all your friends and family. We should ALL have an > > interest > > in > > this one. > > > > WAIT, THERE'S MORE. > > > > IN ADDITION, 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 your use of the Internet. Under > > proposed > > legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to bilk email > > users > > out of alternate postage fees. " Bill 602P will permit the Federal > > Govt. to > > charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing > > Internet > > Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in > > turn > > by > > the ISP. > > > > Washington D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to > > prevent > > this legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is > > claiming > > that lost revenue due to the proliferation of e-mail costing early > > $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent > > ad > > campaign "There is nothing like a letter." Since the average citizen > > received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the > > typical > > individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 > > dollars > > per > > year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs. > > > > Note that this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal > > Service > > for a service they do not even provide. The whole point of the > > Internet > > is > > democracy and noninterference. If the federal government is permitted > > to > > tamper with our liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows > > where it > > will end. 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 New York to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal Service > > is > > allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of the "free" > > Internet in > > the United States. > > > > One congressman, Tony Schnell, has even suggested a "twenty to forty > > dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond > > the government's proposed email charges. > > > > Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the > > only > > exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea of email > > surcharge > > "a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th,1999) Editorial. > > > > Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this e-mail to > > EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives to > > write > > to their Congressman 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 don't want. > > > > PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL REMEMBER THESE ARE > > TWO > > SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT ALL OF US ONLINE. > > >
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