Please review the information posted on http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/99045new.htm   before you act.  According to the posted flyer this advocacy is a hoax.

Cheryl Maslin wrote:

> >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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