Re: [MV] We don't need this!!!!!!!!

From: Stuart Ellis (stuellis@mediaone.net)
Date: Sun Jul 30 2000 - 13:21:09 PDT


This junk mail is pure garbage and doesn't belong on this list. It has
nothing to do with MV's.
       ----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Byrd" <byrdhouse@netease.net>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 5:06 PM
Subject: [MV] We don't need this!!!!!!!!

> The below message was sent to me and I felt it was important enough to
send
> to the MV list. Although it has not MV content, it is important to all of
us
> who use and enjoy this list. It may even effect the e-mail we send to our
> friends around the world. It makes as much sense as arguing over why Brian
> sent all those automatic messages or some other needless threads I've seen
> on here.
> Thanks for your attention!
> Keith Byrd
> Parsons, TN., USA
>
> MORE INFO ON FEDERAL
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 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 (if you are lucky!) 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 (for which we already pay!).
>
> One 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 newspspers 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 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.
>
>
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