Fw: [meteorite-list] Charge for e MAIL 5 cents per e-mail

From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:44 2004
Message-ID: <005b01c0b976$664d5f00$04f20541_at_fwlr1.az.home.com>

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_home.com>
To: Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor_at_earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Charge for e MAIL 5 cents per e-mail


> Tim,
> This is the oldest hoax on the internet. They can bill me for all 200 or
so
> I get everyday. When they come for the money they will meet my second
> ammendment right....
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 3:17 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Charge for e MAIL 5 cents per e-mail
>
>
> > This could very well effect everyone world wide, thought it would
> > be alright to inform everyone whats coming our way
> >
> >
> > Subject: Charge for e MAIL
> >
> >
> > 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
> > 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 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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Received on Fri 30 Mar 2001 07:06:13 PM PST