Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Bill 602P - E-Mail Surcharge
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:10:45 -0600

Don't be too sure...

http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve LeHuray [mailto:icommag@toad.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:03 PM
> To: Leica; SP; LEG
> Subject: FW: Bill 602P - E-Mail Surcharge
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> I received this e-mail this morning from Rita O'Brennan, who is the 
> President of a trade association, MPA, for professional film & video
> shooters.
> 
> Personnaly I get so many e-mails everyday I can not imagine having to pay
> this surcharge. If you do the math you will see this will become a hefty
> daily fee. For me about $15 every day X 30 days a month=$450 a month.
> 
> Thought you all might like to know.
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> sl
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> Subject: Bill 602P - E-Mail Surcharge
> Date: Wed, Dec 26, 2001, 10:42 AM
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> 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 non-interference.  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 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.
> 
> 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 newspapers 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,
> associates 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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