This is total and complete BULLSH*T. How can the government do this, or more
to the point, be allowed to do this. The worse part about this is email
volume will slow down but in a short period of time be about where it was,
with everyone accepting the surcharge. Yet another example of the government
taking away our freedoms.
Sam South
ET 13.61,MPH 104.45
95 Dak, 5.9L,3.90 LSD,5-speed
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/sawcut64/home.html
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bullerman" <hemikota@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: DML: If this bill gets passed....good bye DML.
> ALSO: What implications would this have for AIM???
>
> Subject: New Bill
>
> 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 n 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-ail
> 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
> &nbs! p; 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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