I'll worry about it when it happens...hell life was bareable way back when
there was no email....we are humans...we shall adjust :-)
On a lighter note: Spammers should get hammered if they have to pay for
every email sent eh?? :-)
""Paul Bullerman"" <hemikota@home.com> wrote in message
news:001601c12904$ffc393e0$37231718@abdn1.md.home.com...
> 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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