I know I have written you in the past and you have always responded.
Could I trouble you to look at this email. If it is right, please do
not support this measure. I love to send email, but it is not mail. I
write letters and send those to the post office, I write email to
friends and keep them as freinds. This is such a nice way to keep in
touch, and to send hlep to my congresswoman. Please help keep it that
way.
Al Chernoff
a loyal supporter
> Subject: Govt to affect use of internet postal service to get
alternate
> postage fees.
>
> 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
> non-interference. 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 efficiency. 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 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.
>
> Kate Turner, Assistant to Richard Stepp
> Berger, Stepp and Gorman, Attorneys at Law
> 216 Concorde Street
> Vienna, VA
Could I trouble you to look at this email. If it is right, please do
not support this measure. I love to send email, but it is not mail. I
write letters and send those to the post office, I write email to
friends and keep them as freinds. This is such a nice way to keep in
touch, and to send hlep to my congresswoman. Please help keep it that
way.
Al Chernoff
a loyal supporter
> Subject: Govt to affect use of internet postal service to get
alternate
> postage fees.
>
> 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
> 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
> non-interference. 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 efficiency. 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 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.
>
> Kate Turner, Assistant to Richard Stepp
> Berger, Stepp and Gorman, Attorneys at Law
> 216 Concorde Street
> Vienna, VA
