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RE: Fw: e-mail
Is just another HOAX floating around the net. Check these links:
http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/99045new.htm
<http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/99045new.htm> or
http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html
<http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html>
Jimmy F. Loor, Health Physics Tech.
International Isotopes, Inc.
3100 Jim Christal Rd.
Denton, TX 76207
(940) 484-9492 phone
(940) 484-0877 fax
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Hey!
I hope this is not true. The government takes the fun out of
everything.
Bob Ryan
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From: "Robert Kirchner" <rkirchne@nycap.rr.com>
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Subject: Fw: e-mail
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 00:54:35 -0400
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: carol mahoney=20
To: maitreyadive@usa.net=20
Cc: Joanne Gardner ; Fran Ratcliffe ; Chuck Muhle ; Stephanie Rimer
; wesley=
howell ; Preston Walrath ; mary brown=20
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 4:42 PM
Subject: Fw: e-mail
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Laurie Curry=20
To: Mahoney, Carol=20
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 12:43 PM
Subject: e-mail
> 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
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=
=3D
> =20
> > > 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 o=
=3D
> f
> > > 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
> > > efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to
be deli=
=3D
> vered
> > > 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
Our
> > > 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=20=
=3D
> of
> > > E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come"
(March 6th,=
=3D
> 1999
> > > Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away!
> > >
> > > Send this to E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all
your
> > > friends and relatives write their congressional
representative and=20=
=3D
> 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.
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:cjmahoney@home.com"; title=3Dcjmahoney@home.com>carol
mahoney<=
/A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:maitreyadive@usa.net"=20
title=3Dmaitreyadive@usa.net>maitreyadive@usa.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:jo32767@aol.com";
title=3Djo32767@aol.com>J=
oanne=20
Gardner</A> ; <A href=3D"mailto:franrat@aol.com";
title=3Dfranrat@aol.com>Fra=
n=20
Ratcliffe</A> ; <A href=3D"mailto:cmuhle@aol.com";
title=3Dcmuhle@aol.com>Chu=
ck=20
Muhle</A> ; <A href=3D"mailto:stevie@iopener.net"=20
title=3Dstevie@iopener.net>Stephanie Rimer</A> ; <A=20
href=3D"mailto:wnhowell@excite.com";
title=3Dwnhowell@excite.com>wesley howel=
l</A> ;=20
<A href=3D"mailto:pwalrath2@aol.com";
title=3Dpwalrath2@aol.com>Preston Walra=
th</A> ;=20
<A href=3D"mailto:hippiemary@hotmail.com";
title=3Dhippiemary@hotmail.com>mar=
y=20
brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 29, 2000 4:42 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Fw: e-mail</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:laurie60@alltel.net";
title=3Dlaurie60@alltel.net>Laurie Curry=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:cjmahoney@home.com"=20
title=3Dcjmahoney@home.com>Mahoney, Carol</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 29, 2000 12:43 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> e-mail</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> I guess the warnings were
true. Federa=
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602P 5 cents per<BR>> > > E-mail Sent. It figures! No
more fr=
ee=20
E-mail! We knew this was<BR>> > > coming!! Bill 602P
will per=
mit=20
the Federal Government to charge a<BR>> > > 5 cent
charge on=20
every delivered E-mail.<BR>> > ><BR>> >
> Plea=
se=20
read the following carefully if you intend to stay
online<BR>> >=
=20
> and continue using E-mail. The last few months have revealed=20
an<BR>> > > alarming trend in the Government of the
United St=
ates=20
attempting<BR>> > > to quietly push through
legislation that=20=
will=20
affect our use of the=3D<BR>> <BR>> > >=20
Internet.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Under
proposed=20
legislation, the US Postal Service will be<BR>> > >
attemptin=
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bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees".<BR>>
> >=
=20
Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5
cent<BR>> =
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> > surcharge on every E-Mail delivered, by billing
Internet=20
Service<BR>> > > Providers at source.<BR>>
>=20
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turn by th=
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ISP. Washington<BR>> > > DC lawyer Richard Stepp is
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revenue,=
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to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing<BR>> > >
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> You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "There is=20
nothing<BR>> > > like a letter." Since the average
person=20
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per=20
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deli=3D<BR>> vered<BR>> > > from coast to=20
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E-mail=20
charges.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Note that
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nd=20
tell all your<BR>> > > friends and relatives write
their=20
congressional representative and =3D<BR>> say<BR>>
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"NO" to Bill 602P. It will only take a few moments of your
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