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Re: Anyone heard of Bill 602P?
I have seen this before and believe that it is a hoax, because bills from
the House and Senate are not numbered like this. I used to work in a library
with government documents. Bills are numbered something like H.R. 326 or
S.R. 500. Bills which get passed into law are numbered something like P.L.
104-528 (104 is the number of the Congress). Check it out for yourself at
http://www.congress.gov.
Barbara M. Pope, M.L.S.
O.J. Cloughly Alumni Library
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
4588 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Voice: +1 314-367-8700, ext. 1001
Fax: +1 314-367-2784
Email: bpope@stlcop.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Anderson [mailto:tanderson@AMSE.ORG]
Sent: 09 October, 2000 12:01 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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