Re: government jerks

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elson
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Horning <steppenwolff@hotmail.com>
To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 1:59 PM
Subject: government jerks


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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Semon, Russell (R.C.) [SMTP:rsemon@visteon.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 8:48 AM
> >To: 'kbroquet@futaba.com'
> >Subject: Government interference in E mail
> >
> > > >Subject: US Postal Service
> > > > >
> > > > >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 bill
> >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
> >inefficiency. 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 =AE 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.
> >
> >
> >Russ Semon
> >Controls Engineer, Visteon, PCSD
> >Rawsonville Plant - Room G 32
> >Phone: (734) 48-48882
> >Pager: (734) 797-3052
> >Fax   : (734) 484-9049
> >rsemon@visteon.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis Krawczak
> S60 Quality Engineer
> (313)592-8269
> Page (313)714-1854
> 2-way channel 3
> Speed Code M05
>
>
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