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Response To Comment: |
The email below is most likely filled with bogus
information, and I will tell you exactly why:
1. If email were not a free service, those without
checking accounts (kids), businesses all over the
world not associated with the postal office, and the
internet as we know it would suffer!
2. It was mentioned that the post office is hurting
due to email since the time email was invented
(reduced mail usage) when there is nothing mentioned
of telephones also nearly destroying (whatever, the
USPS is fine) the post office.
3. Significant bills are already charged on packages
sent, and if anything, the USPS has profited massively
due to places like eBay, Amazon, and so on (good god
yall, how could you believe this?)
4. The United States has BOOMED in population and
nearly doubled since 1950 --- so the post office
should also be doing well what with the mass growth.
5. E-Mails to freak people out and give the senders
kicks are sent to mass mail lists very often, you
writing to congress would make the senders laugh even
harder, and judging from the fact that none of us have
heard anything about email charge for casual email
ANYWHERE BUT THROUGH THIS SMALL EMAIL ADDRESS LIST,
there is pretty much no way any of this information is
true.
If the below is true (which it may very well be as it
was forwarded by an intelligent person to whom I am
shocked that she actually did decide to forward it)
than I suggest we all get our USPS flags out and start
a burnin them. The government makes enough off of our
taxes already (Norm (retired army guy) reports that
they take .35 out of every $1.00 we make!) and we
would not should not can not let them control us...
And I believe "the man" also knows this which is why
"he" wouldn't be so stupid.
So like I said, PHONY!
-Greggo
MrOdd.com |
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Original Comment: |
From:
JJaxon39@***.com
To: groovygranny68@*****.com, CK1HOTMOM@***.com,
flippinmonkey@*******.com, servinghim2day@*******.com,
jepson59@*******.com, DWDdwilson@***.com, Ladydode@***.com,
Dougwp56@***.com, gmgantz@*******.net,
wallinc21@****.com, oddikaun@*******.com,
Jenzemail6@***.com, joannaispecial@*****.com,
JTHOMAS27@***.com, Kareemagrl@**.com, Brttnydd@***.com,
blbadgley@*******.com, Lynnie316@***.com,
Funeefarm1@***.com, jach235@lni.wa.gov,
walking5@****.com, thad023@*******.com, ZBudLight@***.com
Subject: Congressional Bill 602P
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:06:53 EST
> > Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P
charges 5-cents per
> > E-mail sent. It figures! 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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Conclusion Comment: |
I want you to all understand that
throughout the web there are many individuals who are
seeking a method of entertainment that would also
grant them recognition for fooling the masses. About a
week ago I received an email that suggested kittens
were stuffed in jars and sold on the net for the sole
unique value and overall rarity of the item... then
shortly after I read of a potential .05 charge on each
email I send out (I wish whoever came up with that
made it more believable... like $10.00 a month charge
etc... but hey, it is likely no one ever concluded
that jokers were most often intelligent). I almost, if
not partially, believed that cats were stuffed in jars
and sold to the highest bidder, but I did not believe
the .05 tax from the post office (!!!???) and I hope
most of you found it to be a distant possibility as
well.
My Ma, Tami emailed me a link I would like all those
interested in coming to a conclusion over this email
fee junk. http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/bill602p.asp
--- The site states that the ---rumor--- was indeed
false, so as I said before, no need to write congress.
I just want to get through one message in this email
--- question possible/drastic changes in your life,
whether it be the realization that someone could hold
so much negativity inside to actually enjoy a tortured
cat's presence, or the addition of yet another bill on
our list of illogical debts to this country's
corporate world (using relevant examples of course).
E-Mails that are suggesting such things are most
likely fraudulent as anyone can send an email with the
right resources (fingers, brain, computer, keyboard,
internet, etc) --- whether you believe it or not is up
to your intellect and skepticism to decide and
regardless of how many people the message has been
forwarded to, you should still consider the
information, and even end up being the last recipient
of the eFake.
Before you agree, question your compliance. Why do you
agree, and is it plausible that whatever message you
agree with is not true despite your contradictory
word.
Hopefully you already learned the above lessons long
ago, but if not changing your approach to the net can
contribute to a world wide web of morals, and
incompliance with those who terrorize/test the average
email receiver’s merit.
Talk to yall later ;)
-Greg
(the conclusion of this subject is being posted at
MrOdd.com) |
| So as it turns out I was
right all along? Most likely... does this
matter? Not too much... What is important is
that we online folk discontinue our gullibility
train to complete ignorance... it's sad
really... Regardless of the fact, I will always
be here to tell you what's true and false, so if
you believe in me, than believe what I say
(hopefully you will get somewhere by doing this
and I won't drive everyone who follows my word,
into the ground). "Have Faith!" |
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