Re: is this fake or what?

["Kenneth Carlisle Jr." <casper20@mailcity.com>]

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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:52:29    Me Uh, K. wrote:
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>nope.  totally false.  http://www.snopes.com is an
>excellent source for information on net-hoaxes (so is
>http://urbanlegend.about.com )  If it sounds wierd,
>lame, offbeat, and it came to you via email, try
>checking it against either of the above sites. 
>Chances are at least one of them has proven your hoax
>false.
>
>-mia k. (who likes internet practical jokes)
>
>--- piLL <pill@atomic3d.com> wrote:
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>> sorry if i sound lame, but is this for real??
>> 
>> i almost dont believe it...
>> 
>> >US stamps for e-mails... Please read the following
>> carefully if you
>> >intend to stay on-line 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 your use of the internet.
>> >
>> >Under proposed legislation  the U.S. Postal Service
>> will be attempting
>> >to bilk email users out of "alternate postage
>> fees".  Bill 602P will
>> >permit the Federal Govt 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
>> D.C. lawyer Richard
>> >Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
>> legislation from becoming
>> >law.
>> >
>> >The U.S. Postal  Service is claiming that lost
>> revenue due to the
>> >proliferation of email 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 citizen received
>> about 10 pieces of
>> >email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical
>> individual would be  an
>> >additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars
>> per year, above and
>> >beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this
>> would be money paid
>> >directly to the U.S. Postal Service for a service
>> they do not even
>> >provide. The whole point of the Internet is 
>> democracy and
>> >noninterference.
>> >
>> >If the federal government is permitted to tamper
>> with our liberties by
>> >adding a surcharge to email, who knows where 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 to Buffalo.  If the
>> U.S. Postal Service is
>> >allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end
>> of the "free"
>> >Internet in the United States.  One congressman,
>> Tony Schnell R has even
>> >suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month"
>> surcharge on all Internet
>> >service" above and beyond  the government's
>> proposed email charges.
>> >
>> >Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored
>> the story, the only
>> >exception being the Washingtonian which called the
>> idea of email
>> >surcharge "a useful concept whose time has come" 
>> (March 6th 1999
>> >Editorial)
>> >
>> >Don't sit by and watch your freedom erode away!
>> Send this email to all
>> >Americans on your list and tell your friends and
>> relatives to write to
>> >their congressman and 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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