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Date:         Mon, 5 Jul 1999 11:27:57 -0400
Reply-To:     jmatchet <jmatchet@IU.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         jmatchet <jmatchet@IU.NET>
Subject:      Re: E-mail legislationhttp://tenvolt.com/distractions/taxhoax.htm
Comments: To: Raśl Barreras <raulb@IGLOU.COM>
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http://tenvolt.com/distractions/taxhoax.htm -----Original Message----- From: Raśl Barreras <raulb@IGLOU.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 10:22 PM Subject: E-mail legislation

>Fellow listees, > >I got the following from a friend and haven't checked it out yet. True? >False? Maybe someone in the list has an idea of what is happening, if >anything. If true, I believe that it would be very detrimental to all. > >---------------------------------------------- >Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 6:39 PM > >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 who's time has come" (March 6th 1999 >Editorial. Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this >e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and = >relatives >to write to their congressman 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 don't want. > > Kate Turner Assistant to Richard Stepp, >Berger, Stepp and Gorman Attorneys at Law >


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