Someone sent this to me and I thought I would forward it to you. If it is a scam, it would make me happy. If not, we need to be praying as much ministry occurs on line via email.
Subject: E MAIL
> >Postage will go up the end of June 2002 from 34 cents to 37 cents. It
>will
> >be from 9% to 12% rate increase.
> >
> >But this isn't all. No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming - 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 noninterference. 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 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. PLEASE FORWARD
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