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HOAX - RE: Anyone heard of Bill 602P?



yes it is a hoax. Even Lazio and Hillary were sucked in by it during their
debate yesterday as was the press moderator. Don't have time to post the
appropriate urls for the hoax debunking websites. They've been posted before
a search of the archives will turn them up.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Anderson [mailto:tanderson@AMSE.ORG]
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 1:01 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Anyone heard of Bill 602P?


Good afternoon to all,
I was wondering if anyone else on this list had heard anything of the
supposed "bill 602P."  I received this forward from a friend who is usually
wary of bogus postings but this seemed real enough to him to question.  If
it is, I apologize for the extra delete-key work, if not then it could spell
trouble for all.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lorraine H. <patchiz@hotmail.com>

Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:20 AM
Subject: VOTE NO ON BILL 602P



  VOTE NO ON BILL 602P

  I guess the warnings were true.  Federal Bill 602P 5-cents
  per email sent.

  It figures! No more free e-mail!  We knew this was coming.
  Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge
  5-cent charge on every delivered e-mail.  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 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 email 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 per day -- or over $180.00 a year -- above and
  beyond their regular Internet cost. 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.

  Our congressional representative, Toney Shcnekll (r) has
  even suggested a $20.00 -- $40.00 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!

  Sent this email to EVERYONE on you 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 HELP! PLEASE FORWARD!


Tom Anderson; Collections
American Museum of Science and Energy
300 S. Tulane
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 576-3228 (Voice), (865) 576-6024 (Fax)

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