Guest guest Posted July 20, 1999 Report Share Posted July 20, 1999 >"Craig S. Hiser" <craigh >"Mark C. Hiser" <mhiser,"Vrindaban" ><vaidika1008,"thom" <Thom,"Steve Yamada" ><steve,"Robert W. K. Ching" < >harlin,"Patrick W. O'Neill" <poneill >,"James D. York" ><york+co >FW: no need to reply >Tue, 20 Jul 1999 03:13:24 -1000 > > > > >Gerrit Pang [jujupang] >Monday, July 19, 1999 8:43 PM >hiserc >Subject: > > >Please take a second and read this. This is the second effort I know of >for >the Government to try to capture some benefit from e-mail. The first was >through a sur-charge imposed by the phone companies which would be taxed. > >This was passed to me by Duane Barnhart, a good friend of mine. > >Jerry > > 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, >Schnell ® 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 > >Franci Schwartz >e-mail: franci >voice: 314-597-3535 > > _____________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------ This is an information resource and discussion group for people interested in the World's Ancient Vedic Culture, with a focus on its historical, archeological and scientific aspects. Also topics about India, Hinduism, God, and other aspects of World Culture are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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