Come on people, don't believe everything you read.
E-MAIL RUMOR COMPLETELY UNTRUE
http://new.usps.com/cgi-bin/uspsbv/scripts/content.jsp?D=13643
http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html
Mike
""Kevin (MAGNUM S/T) Hoegen"" <kevinhoegen@email.com> wrote in message
news:9lpl2f$9lq$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> I'll worry about it when it happens...hell life was bareable way back when
> there was no email....we are humans...we shall adjust :-)
>
> On a lighter note: Spammers should get hammered if they have to pay for
> every email sent eh?? :-)
> ""Paul Bullerman"" <hemikota@home.com> wrote in message
> news:001601c12904$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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