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RE: No LBC, BUT.. Affects this list.....

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Subject: RE: No LBC, BUT.. Affects this list.....
From: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:19:37 -0500
This is a complete and total hoax - see http://www.house.gov/holden/hot.htm

Dan Pockrus
'74B in faded Citron


> To the list..
> I am not a political person, but this will affect the list 
> directly, and figured you would all want to see what our govt 
> is up to now....
> 
> Maybe this is why Nagy is looking for a Postal employee! (lol!)
> Craig
> '69B,   '77 911S
> 
> 
> If it isn't the phone company - it's the postal service...   
> Read on & WRITE 
> TO FIGHT BACK!
> 
> 
> >>You might want to hold off on getting rid of your postage meter.  I
> >received
> >>the following message and I am forwarding it on to all of you for a
> >response
> >>to your appropriate representatives.  I think its important 
> that we all
> >take
> >>some action to prevent the Government in assessing these 
> charges.   Please
> >>take the time to respond.
> >>
> >>Mark Adamski
> >>Baton Rouge - madamski@eatel.net 
> >>
> >>From: "factfinder" <factfinders@email.msn.com>
> >>
> >>Friends,
> >>
> >>I just got an email, the body of which follows:
> >>
> >>"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 bureacratic 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 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va."
> >>
> >>tim asmussen, cli, lci
> >>factfinders, inc.
> >>319 st. charles st.
> >>baton rouge, la. 70802
> >>800-256-6753 (ph)
> >>800-242-1383 (fx)
> >>tim@factfindersinc.com 
> >>www.factfindersinc.com 
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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