Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #299
Please stop the nonsense.. This hoax email is so old it has dinasaur
crap on it. I think I saw Grandma's rocking chair marks on it. There
never has been, and never will be a bill 602P, so please stop bashing
one of America's greatest icons, the United States Postal Service.
FmrJohnsPumpkins@aol.com wrote:
>
> I apologize if it is incorrect of me to send this to our list,
> however, since it involved e-mail, and important pumpkin e-mail at
> that, I thought I should let the list see this. It came from a
> usually reliable source. Thank you. Eda
>
> Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P charges 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 our 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.
--
Rocky Rockwell
http://www.PGPGA.com
http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
A man who wants to do something, will always find a way.....
A man who doesn't, will always find an excuse.....
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