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I could not find the bill 602p through the Thomas research. It returns
"invalid" bill number. I wrote my congressmen to check out if such bill
exist. Any one knows that this message contain true information?
Alex.
SJ wrote:
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> James DeMeo wrote:
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> > From: OBRL-News <demeo@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: obrl-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:- Big Government Plans to Tax E-Mail: SB 602P
> >
> > Orgone Biophysical Research Lab <demeo@xxxxxxxx>
> > http://id.mind.net/community/orgonelab/index.htm
> > Forwarded News Item
> >
> > Please copy and distribute to other interested individuals and groups
> >
> > **********
> >
> > Big Government Plans to Tax E-Mail: SB 602P
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Senate Bill 602p is in congress now to start
> > >charging up to 5 cents per e-mail
> > >
> > >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 US attempting to quietly
> > >push through legislation that will affect your use of
> > >the Internet. Under proposed legislation the US
> > >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 US 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 US 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 US Postal
> > >Service is allowed to tinker with email, it will mark
> > >the end of the "free" Internet in the US.
> > >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 email to all Americans on your list and tell
> > >your friends and relatives to write to their
> > >congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. Kate Turner
> > >Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman
> > >Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va.
> > >
> > >It's the action, not the fruit of the action that's
> > >important. You have to do the right thing...You may
> > >never know what results come from your action. But if
> > >you do nothing, there will be no result. (Gandhi)
> >
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