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Date:         Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:58:12 -0400
Reply-To:     "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Proposed Bill 602P/Email charge  (no vw content) Hoax
Comments: To: PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
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Rest easy volks, there is no impending tax it is just an e-mail hoax: http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/xemailtax.html

Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario, '80 Westy "Pokey" '87 Chevrolet Sprint 5-Door '91 Pontiac Firefly Convertible

----- Original Message ----- From: "PSavage" <psavage@SABER.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 7:12 PM Subject: Proposed Bill 602P/Email charge (no vw content)

> Well Volks, > Better take a look at this. This would certainly change the ability of > lists like this one to continue to function. > Please read this thru & follow up. > Phaedra > ######################################### > > VOTE NO ON Bill 602P! > > > I 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 efficiency. 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. Our 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 to E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, > and tell all your friends and relatives 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. >


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