There is no bill 602P and there is no Congressman named Tony Schnell.
Check the Library of Congress Thomas data base if you don't believe that
you've been hoaxed. Thomas has a listing of all bills before either
house and names and addresses of all congressmen. 602P and Tony Schnell
don't appear in Thomas.
RANDALL ADAMS wrote:
>
> interesting.....Not surprising
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> From: Paul Hickman <Paul@Insite-lps.com>
> To: "Brent Steffen (E-mail)" <arn357@earthlink.net>, "Curt (E-mail)"
> <RHECC@aol.com>, "GEORGE (E-mail)" <DACESH@AOL.COM>, "JAMES (E-mail)"
> <JAMERSON32@AOL.COM>, "John McCualey (E-mail)" <JMCCAU3914@AOL.COM>, "Johnny
> (E-mail)" <MAVNGOOSE1@AOL.COM>, "Michelle (E-mail)"
> <Michelle.R.Arbuckle@Mail.Sprint.Com>, "Paul M (E-mail)"
> <contyr14@netnitco.net>, "'PAUL MCKAMEY'" <contyr14@netnitco.net>
> Subject: FW: GUESS WHAT?
> Date: Fri, Oct 1, 1999, 9:58 AM
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wendy
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 9:51 AM
> > To: Jim Castor; Amy Ortiz; Elizabeth Gilbreath; Paul Hickman; Carol
> > Stuples
> > Subject: GUESS WHAT?
> >
> > If you have received it before And aren't interested, fine. If you are
> > pass it along to others.
> >
> > The postal service wants to charge for e-mail. . .Please read the
> > following
> > carefully if you intend to stay on line 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 your use of the internet. Under proposed legislation the U.S.
> > Postal Service will be attempting to bill e-mail users out of "alternate
> > 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 source. The consumer would then be billed by the ISP.
> > Washington lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
> > legislation from becoming law.
> >
> > The US Postal Service is claiming that lost revenue due to the
> > proliferation of e-mail is costing nearly $230,000,000.00 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
> > e-mail per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be an
> > additional 50 cents per day, or over $180.00 per year, above and beyond
> > their regular internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly
> > to the U>S> Postal Service or 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 e-mail, who knows when it will end. You are already paying
> > an
> > exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic inefficiency. It
> > currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from New York
> > City to Buffalo.
> >
> > If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with e-mail, it will mark
> > the end of the "free" internet in the United States.
> >
> > One congressman, Tony Schnell, has even suggested "twenty to forty dollars
> > per month surcharge on all internet service" above and beyond the
> > government's proposed e-mail charges. Note that most of the major
> > newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception being the
> > Washingtonian which calls the idea of e-mail surcharge "a useful concept
> > who's time has come." March 6th 1999 Editorial)
> >
> > Don't sit and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this e-mail toll
> > Americans on your list and tell your friends and relatives to say "NO!" to
> > Bill 602P
> >
> > Kate Turner
> > Assistant to Richard Stepp
> > Berger, Stepp and Gorman Attorneys at Law
> > 216 Concorde Street
> > Vienna, VA
> >
> >
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