Because Barnum was right. There really is a sucker born every minute,
especially on the internet.
A. Bright wrote:
>
> this is a hoax. why is it so hard to stop this thing from spreading??
> (sigh)
>
> At 04:16 PM 08/19/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>>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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