>VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!!
>I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P  5-cents per E-mail
>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 on-line, 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 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 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 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 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.
>
>Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has
>even suggested a "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all
>Internet service above and beyond the government's
>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" - Mar 6th, 1999 -Editorial.
>
>Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away!
>Send this E-mail 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!
>

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