No need to flame the US Postal Service because you are angry at another agency. Where else can you send a 1 oz. letter across the country or to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, VI, CA, FL, ME, etc for only 34 cents? Over 90% of the time, it is delivered to their door in 3 days or less. HELLO? -----Original Message----- From: B. Wood / K. Hall <memorymaker@erols.com> To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:35 PM Subject: [VALEE-L] FOIA WASTE OF OUR MONEY >Dear family members, > >I was VERY pleased to hear from all of you regarding the low-down audacity of the Social Security >Administration's FOIA group to increase the cost of requesting a COPY of a loved one's original >Social Security Application from $7.00 to $27.00! ..This is nearly a 400% increase! Not even the US >Postal service has the nerve to jump that high on postage cost for a first class letter! > >Some of you were [justifiably] surprised that ' I ' had JUST found out about this corruptive nerve of >the US Government. I have been quite ill for a few month's during and following the advent of this >rate increase, and have thus been unable to resume my research, and helping the research of others. > >I'm glad to announce the return of my health. With that, I fully intend to protest this flagrant act >of greed which blatantly defeats the 'spirit of the law' to which the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT >is supposed to address; ".. to make, at nominal processing cost, public documents available to the >tax-paying citizens of the United States of America, the information to which their tax dollars have >already been siphoned." Obviously, the truth of the matter is this branch of the government is >corrupt and riddled with profound greed! > >In the letters I have since received from many of you, you too share in my utter contempt and >complete awe of such insubordination of this branch of government! > >We are ALL in the genealogical interest of truth. Not only 'our-family's history' but also the ability to unveil >to our friends and neighbors the 'world's history's via this once-affordable "wrecking-ball" which was once >able to knock-down many historical "brick walls' in the pursuit of our true lineage. > >I am in the process of filing a formal complaint with local Senate and Congressional legislators such as: >Barbara Mikulski, Steny Hoyer, Paul Sarbanes. > >In fact, I have filed my-own FREEDOM OF INFORMATION request, to have SOCIAL SECURITY >JUSTIFY this spineless slap in the face of all taxpayers. > >THIS IS NOT A GOOD REFLECTION OF THIS ADMINISTRATION IN THE AREA OF FAMILY VALUES! > >In dedication to our common objectives, > >Bill Wood > > >==== VALEE Mailing List ==== >This VALEE list is currently available for adoption! >Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >