Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:48:37 +0200
Subject: Re: AUT: FW: GOV IMPOSE ON EMAIL YOU SEND...IMPORTANT (fwd)


At 21.59 14/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>"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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