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This hoax continues to plague mail lists even after two years of being
passed around. The originator must be having a wonderful time. There is
not one word of truth to this nonsense.
Bob
At 02:11 PM 7/7/99 EDT, Tom9641@xxxxxxx wrote:
>I just pulled out my 1999 edition of the Vienna phone book and guess what,
>there is no:
>
> Richard Stepp, Berger,
> Stepp and Gorman Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, V
>
>There is also no Concorde Street in Vienna.
>
>In a message dated 7/7/99 1:49:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, animal@xxxxxxxxx
>writes:
>
><< Subj: GEN Proposed Legislation
> Date: 7/7/99 1:49:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: animal@xxxxxxxxx (Animal)
> Sender: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-to: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Realtraders), metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>(Metastock User Group)
>
> Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay on-line 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 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, V
>
>
>
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> <DIV>
> <DIV>Please read the following carefully if you intend
> to stay on-line and continue using email:</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>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. </DIV><DIV>
> Kate Turner Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger,
> Stepp and Gorman Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, V</DIV><DIV>
> </DIV></DIV>
>
>
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> From: "Animal" <animal@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Realtraders" <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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> Subject: GEN Proposed Legislation
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:43:02 -0700
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