[photo-3d] Another potential internet problem

[Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell <vmmasell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Got this message from my brother today.  I don't
know how many here were aware of thise but I
thought I would share the information.


 > Subject:  Take Heed!
 >
 > Received this today if true, like everything else slowly our
 >
 > freedoms are being eroded thru taxation so the Gov. can
 > take further into socialism.
 >
 > THIS WOULD COST ME $3.75 TO SEND TO EVERYONE IN MY ADDRESS
 > BOOK!!!!!!!!!
 >
 >
 >
 > VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!!
 >
 >  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 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 the
 > 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 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
 > 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, 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 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! Send this
 > to E-mail to
 > EVERYONE on your 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
 > forward!