Re: US Postal Service To Get 5 cents per Email

May 3, 2000

In a message dated 5/3/00 8:26:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

kalima@... writes:

<< I may not write letters but I think the

packages I recieve more than make up for it.

>>

My mailman told me delivering all my packages (items bought online)

ALONE probably paid his yearly salary! LOL

Cheryl

May 3, 2000

The USPS is *not* planning on taxing our

email - this is an internet

hoax. Please check out stories like this before forwarding them.

L Krasner wrote:

Just when you think you heard everything, now

they want to tax you for

each email you send. The US Postal Service wants 5 cents for every

email

you send. This is like the theater industry asking television watchers

to

pay them for watching movies on TV, instead of in their theaters!

If the

postal service needs more money, they should charge more for stamps.

This

is unbelievable!

---gary krasner

Coalition For Informed Choice. Krasner, Director

PO Box 230426, Hollis, NY 11423

fax/phone: 718-479-2939, email: gk-cfic@...

original post I received:

We Knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt.

to

charge a 5 cent charge on every delivered email. 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 your use of the Internet. Under proposed

legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail

users

out of “alternate postage fees.” Bill 602P will permit the Federal

Govt.

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 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 email

is

costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year You may have seen

their

recent ad campaign “There is nothing like a letter.” Since the

average

received about 10 pieces of emailper 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 US Postal Service for 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

end. 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 New York to Buffalo. If the US 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, 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 who’s time has come” (March 6th 1999 Editorial). Don’t

sit by and

watch your freedoms erode away.

Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends

and

relatives to write to their congressman 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 don’t want!

May 3, 2000

, this isn't true. It came out weeks ago that is was a joke - I saw it

on a news show. -Dawn

US Postal Service To Get 5 cents per Email

> Just when you think you heard everything, now they want to tax you for

> each email you send. The US Postal Service wants 5 cents for every email

> you send. This is like the theater industry asking television watchers to

> pay them for watching movies on TV, instead of in their theaters! If the

> postal service needs more money, they should charge more for stamps. This

> is unbelievable!

>

> ---gary krasner

> Coalition For Informed Choice. Krasner, Director

> PO Box 230426, Hollis, NY 11423

> fax/phone: 718-479-2939, email: gk-cfic@...

>

> original post I received:

>

> We Knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. to

> charge a 5 cent charge on every delivered email. 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 your use of the Internet. Under proposed

> legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users

> out of " alternate postage fees. " Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt.

> 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 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 email is

> costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year You may have seen their

> recent ad campaign " There is nothing like a letter. " Since the average

> received about 10 pieces of emailper 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 US Postal Service for 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

> end. 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 New York to Buffalo. If the US 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, 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 who's time has come " (March 6th 1999 Editorial). Don't sit by and

> watch your freedoms erode away.

>

> Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and

> relatives to write to their congressman 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 don't want!

>

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May 3, 2000

Yes it is a hoax. I have to giggle cause I am sure the U.S postal service is

doing much better since I do most of my shopping online and it almost always

come via the U.S Postal Service. I may not write letters but I think the

packages I recieve more than make up for it.

Dawn Sweeney wrote:

> , this isn't true. It came out weeks ago that is was a joke - I saw it

> on a news show. -Dawn

>

> US Postal Service To Get 5 cents per Email

>

> > Just when you think you heard everything, now they want to tax you for

> > each email you send. The US Postal Service wants 5 cents for every email

> > you send. This is like the theater industry asking television watchers to

> > pay them for watching movies on TV, instead of in their theaters! If the

> > postal service needs more money, they should charge more for stamps. This

> > is unbelievable!

> >

> > ---gary krasner

> > Coalition For Informed Choice. Krasner, Director

> > PO Box 230426, Hollis, NY 11423

> > fax/phone: 718-479-2939, email: gk-cfic@...

> >

> > original post I received:

> >

> > We Knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. to

> > charge a 5 cent charge on every delivered email. 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 your use of the Internet. Under proposed

> > legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users

> > out of " alternate postage fees. " Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt.

> > 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 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 email is

> > costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year You may have seen their

> > recent ad campaign " There is nothing like a letter. " Since the average

> > received about 10 pieces of emailper 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 US Postal Service for 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

> > end. 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 New York to Buffalo. If the US 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, 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 who's time has come " (March 6th 1999 Editorial). Don't sit by and

> > watch your freedoms erode away.

> >

> > Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and

> > relatives to write to their congressman 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 don't want!

> >

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> > Would you like to save big on your phone bill -- and keep on saving

> > more each month? Join beMANY! Our huge buying group gives you Long

> Distance

> > rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE calls!

> > 1/2567/5/_/489317/_/957348381/

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >

>

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> Get paid for the stuff you know!

> Get answers for the stuff you don’t. And get $10 to spend on the site!

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May 3, 2000

Thats nothing--they are passing a law here where they intend to route all

the internet lines through MI5!!

No kidding. Every e mail and every site you visit can be logged/read

anytime under soon to be UK law.