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Re: Anyone heard of Bill 602P?



This is bogus.  Check snopes.com for manyh urban legends.
Robin Kennedy
Project Archivist
Northern Michigan University

At 01:01 PM 10/9/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>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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