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><< > Read the following and please pass it on to everyone you know:
> >
> > Dear Internet Subscriber:
> >
> > Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay
> > online and continue using email:
> >
> > 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 your use of the Internet. Under
proposed
> > legislation the U.S.Postal Service will be attempting to bilk email
> > users out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the
> > Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered,
by
> > billing Internet Service Providers at source.
> >
> > The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington
D.C.
> > lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
> > legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming
> > that lost revenue due to the proliferation of email 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 citizen received about 10
> > pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual
> > would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per
> > year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this
> > would
> > be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal Service for a service they
> > do not even provide. The whole point of the Internet is democracy
and
> > non-interference. If the federal government is permitted to tamper
> > with our liberties by adding a surcharge to email,who knows where it
> > will end. You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail
> > because of bureaucratic efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days
> > for a letter to be delivered from New York to Buffalo. If the U.S.
> > Postal Service is allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end
> > of the "free" Internet in the United States. One congressman, Tony
> > Schnell (R) has even suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month
> > surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the government's
> > proposed email charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have
> > ignored the story, the only exception being the Washingtonian, which
> > called the idea of email surcharge "a useful concept whose time has
> > come" (March 6, 1999 Editorial) Don't sit by and watch your freedoms
> > erode away!
> >
> >
> > Send this email to all Americans on your list and tell your friends
> > and relatives to write to their congressman and say "No!" to Bill
> > 602P >>
>
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