Another Urban Legend makes the rounds again. This one seems to show up every
12 months or so.
Kevin Brown
Craig Perry wrote:
> 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....
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> Maybe this is why Nagy is looking for a Postal employee! (lol!)
> Craig
> '69B, '77 911S
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> If it isn't the phone company - it's the postal service... Read on & WRITE
> TO FIGHT BACK!
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> >>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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