How about this??????

[dana]

i have been on the internet for a while, so don't pay that junk any
attechen.

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On Wed, 26 May 1999, Will White wrote:

> It is a hoax. Bill 602P resolves as invalid on the Congressional legislative
> directory (thomas.loc.gov). No listing in the DC directory for the law firm
> cited at the end, either.
> 
> charles w. morehouse wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> > If this not a joke it is scary. Got this in mail today.
> > Wayne;
> > W4GBW
> >
> > Subject:  Fair Warning
> >
> > Dear Internet Subscriber:
> >
> > Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and
> > continue using email: 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 your use of the Internet. Under
> > proposed legislation the U.S.  Postal Service will be attempting to bilk
> > email users out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the
> > Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by
> > billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be
> > billed in turn by the ISP. Washington D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is
> > working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. The
> > U.S. Postal Service is claiming that lost revenue due to the
> > proliferation of email 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 citizen received about 10 pieces of
> > email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be an
> > additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and
> > beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid
> > directly to the U.S. Postal Service for a service they do not even
> > provide. The whole point of the Internet is democracy and
> > non-interference. If the federal government is permitted to tamper with
> > our liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it will
> > end. You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because
> > of bureacratic efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter
> > to be delivered from New York to Buffalo. If the U.S.  Postal Service is
> > allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of the "free"
> > Internet in the United States.  One congressman, Tony Schnell ® has even
> > suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month surcharge on all Internet
> > service" above and beyond the government's proposed email charges. Note
> > that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the only
> > exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea of email
> > surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" March 6th 1999
> > Editorial) Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away!
> > Send this email to all Americans on your list and tell your friends and
> > relatives to write to their congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P.
> >
> > Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman Attorneys at Law
> > 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va.
> >
> > It's the action, not the fruit of the action that's important.  You have
> > to do the right thing...  You may never know what results come from your
> > action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. (Gandhi)
> >
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