From sublime@u.washington.edu Thu Jul 29 18:16:43 1999 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA26142; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:42 -0700 Received: from dante13.u.washington.edu (sublime@dante13.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.39]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA14826; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:41 -0700 Received: from localhost (sublime@localhost) by dante13.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA13110; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:40 -0700 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "B. Anderson" To: Rob Whitacre cc: UW Racing , CP Talk Subject: Re: [Fwd: Fw: Fw: Postal Ripoff] In-Reply-To: <37A0DDE8.713B804D@montana.campuscwix.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Ummm... I don't buy it. Even if it was real it would never pass. On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Rob Whitacre wrote: > Check this out. > > >>> Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 9:28 AM > >>> >> Subject: Postal Ripoff > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> >Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 2:59 PM > >>> >> >Subject: Postal ripoff > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> >Have you all seen this!! > >>> >> > > >>> >> >Read the following and PLEASE PASS IT ON to everyone you > >>> >> >know: > >>> >> > > >>> >> >Dear Internet Subscriber: > >>> >> > > >>> >> >Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online 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 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 bureacratic 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 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. > >>> >> > > >>> >> >It's the action, not the fruit of the action that's > >>> >> >important. You have to do the right thing...You may never know what > >>> >> >results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be > >>> no > >>> >> >result. (Gandhi) > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> >________________________________________________________________ > >>> >> >Get secure free e-mail that you don't need Web access to use > >>> >> >from Juno, the world's second largest online service. > >>> >> >Download your free software at http://www.juno.com/getit.b.html. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >Judi Wutzke > >Immediate Past President, Pullman Kiwanis Club and > >Lt. Governor Elect Designate, Division 56 > > > .