Hi everyone! I got this email from a friend and thought everyone should know. Should you want to contact your US Representative, try finding them at http://www.house.gov/writerep/. Or try http://www.loc.gov/global/legislative/senators.html for representative and senator listings. > > PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CONTACT YOUR > LEGISLATORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Reply-to: "Ace" <werps@penn.com> > From: "Ace" <werps@penn.com> > To: "Verla Mae Shultz" <verlamae@floodcity.net>, <Cacjab@aol.com>, > " lmccue" <lmccue@innernet.net>, "Kit Watson" > <kitd@paonline.com>, > "Fred Lucas" <slablucas@hotmail.com>, <rocketj@icontech.com>, > <Mzigg12@aol.com>, <PAbele3148@aol.com>, > "R. Denning Gearhart" <dgearhart@dgearhartpalaw.com> > Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT! Re: Email > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:50:36 -0400 > > > > > > > Subject: Fwd: Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail > > > sent. > > > > > > >Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P > > > 5-cents per E-mail sent. > > > > > > > > >>>> 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 E-mail. 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! e > > > on every e-mail > > > >delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at > > > source. The consumer > > > > > > >would then be billed in turn by the ISP. > > > > > > > >Washington DC lawyer Richard Steep is working > > > without pay to prevent > > > this > > > >legislation from becoming law. The US Postal > > > Service is claiming lost > > > >revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, 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 > > > a > > > >day or over $180 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. You are already > > > paying an exorbitant > > > price > > > >for snail mail because of bureaucratic > > > inefficiency. 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. > > > > > > > >Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has > > > even suggested a > > > "$20- > > > >$40 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 information to EVERYONE on your e-mail > > > list, and tell all your > > > > > > >friends & 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 > > > > > > >PASS THIS INFORMATION ON! > > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~srcinpa/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/