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Re: [GWL]: Charges for e-mail

Please don't lose any sleep over this; I believe this
belongs under the category 'urban legend'. I had
something similar circulate to me some time ago, and
there isn't any basis whatsoever to the claims. You
can go to the following site for additional
information about this hoax:
www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html
Irene Jeruss

--- John MacGregor <jonivy@earthlink.net> wrote:
> The following e-mail message is circulating widely. 
> I had heard about it on
> the radio long before I received it.  Anyone got any
> more info?
> 
> ##############################
> 
> 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 on 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-mail 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
> noninterference. 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 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!
> 
> #################################
> 
> John MacGregor
> jonivy@earthlink.net
> 
>
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