Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:59:54 -0400
Subject: AUT: FW: GOV IMPOSE ON EMAIL YOU SEND...IMPORTANT (fwd)



"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
( la solidarita significa correre gli stessi rischi)

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From: Martha Gimenez <gimenez-AT-csf.colorado.edu>
To: A place for marxist-feminists to hang out <M-Fem-AT-csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: Fw: Re: GOV IMPOSE ON EMAIL YOU SEND...IMPORTANT (fwd)
Date: Thu, Oct 14, 1999, 7:26 PM




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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:17:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Elena Fraboschi <elena-AT-inca.math.indiana.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <argentina-cafe-AT-mafalda.math.indiana.edu>
Subject: Fw: Re: GOV IMPOSE ON EMAIL YOU SEND...IMPORTANT (fwd)

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> > CNN has reported that within the next two weeks Congress is going to
> vote
> > on allowing telephone companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE for Internet
> access.
> > Translation: Every time we send a long distance e-mail we will receive
> a
> > long distance charge. This will get costly.  Please visit the following
> web
> > site and file a complaint. Complain to your Congressperson. We can't
> allow
> > this to pass!
> >
> > The following address will allow you to send an e-mail on this subject
> > DIRECTLY to your Congressperson.  http://www.house.gov/writerep Pass
> this
> > on to your friends. It is urgent! I hope all of you will pass this on
> to
> > all your friends and family. We should ALL have an interest in this
> one.
> >
> > WAIT, THERE'S MORE. IN ADDITION, 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 the source (ISP).
> >
> > 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 (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.
> >
> > PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL REMEMBER
> > THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT ALL OF US ONLINE
> > LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD NOW, NOW AFTER.
> >
> > Burt Phelps
> > Please write (e-mail) your Congressperson, your two Senators, and the
> > vice-president concerning the NFA budget and request that they support
> > significant increased funding for the USFA/NFA.
> >
> > Go to this web site for e-mailing to Senate, House of Representatives,
> > http://www.capweb.net/omb/index.morph
> >
> > Vice-President Gore and President Clinton
> > http://www.mrsmith.com/MrSmithWhiteHouse.html
> >
> >
> 
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