This is a hoax. It comes around every so often. Congressional bills are not numbered like the purported bill in this message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gwen5353" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: [Fwd: [WESTEX-ROOTS-L] [Fwd: Bill 602P Charges for e-mail.]] > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------A18DE410006EA6736CDEFAAE > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > --------------A18DE410006EA6736CDEFAAE > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.123]) > by runyon.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id t8330t.m0d.37kbi7f > for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:55:41 -0500 (EST) > Received: (from [email protected]) > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f17HoXp08395; > Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:50:33 -0800 > Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:50:33 -0800 > X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed Feb 7 09:50:28 2001 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 12:05:34 -0600 > From: Eveline Crocker <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Organization: HN Crocker Drilling ; King Crocker Ranch; > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win95; U) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Old-To: [email protected], > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > WESTEX-ROOTS-L <[email protected]>, > "Leigh, Kathy" <[email protected]>, "Lucas, Donnie" <[email protected]>, > "Pettit, Burle" <" bpettit"@lubbockonline.com>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > Bane <[email protected]>, Dean Crocker <[email protected]>, > "mail.mev.net" <[email protected]>, "Dalton, Carolyn" <[email protected]>, > "Crocker, Dwight" <[email protected]> > Old-CC: [email protected], Ella Bond <[email protected]>, > "\"\\\"Doc\\\" Gecko\"" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected] McCarter" <[email protected]> > X-Priority: 1 (Highest) > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Subject: [WESTEX-ROOTS-L] [Fwd: Bill 602P Charges for e-mail.] > Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/943 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > I feel each and everyone of us need to know about this action and attempt to prevent it from being approved by writing our congressmen, asking them to vote NO. > TO THE LIST MODERATORS! > This does concern GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS. > Have a Happy Day! > Regards > Eveline Crocker > Texas > -------- Original Message -------- > From: "marge" <[email protected]> > Subject: Bill 602P Charges for e-mail. > To: "marge" <[email protected]> > > I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P > 5-cents per email sent. It figures! No more free > e-mail! We knew this was coming. > > Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge > > a 5-cent charge on every delivered 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 > United States attempting to quietly push through > legislation that will affect our use of the Internet. > Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will > > be attempting to bill e-mail users out of alternative > postage fees. > > Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government 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 DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without > pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. > > The US Postal Service is claiming 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 person received about 10 pieces of > e-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical > individual would be an additional .50 > cents per day - or over $180.00 a year - above and > beyond their regular Internet cost. > > 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 > noninterference. 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 coast to coast. If the US Postal > Service is allowed to tinker with e-mail, it > will mark the end of the free Internet in the United > States. > > Our congressional representative, Toney Shcnekll (R) > has even suggested a $20.00 - $40.00 per month > surcharge on all Internet service above and > beyond the governments proposed e-mail charges. > Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored > the story - the only exception being the Washingtonian > > - which called the idea of e-mail surcharge a useful > concept who's time has come(March 6th, 1999 > editorial). > > Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away! > Send this email to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all > > your friends and relatives to write their > congressional representative 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 do not > want. > Please forward this email. > > > --------------A18DE410006EA6736CDEFAAE-- > > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html >