fw e mail charges knows true mike triem na ipaq displays business planning 281 927 8586 subject 602 p bill charge e mail vote bill 602 p guess warnings true federal bill 602 p 5 cents per e mail sent figures free e mail knew coming bill 602 p willpermit federal government charge 5 cent charge every deliverede mail please read following carefully intend stay online continue using e mail last months revealed alarming trendin government united states attempting quietly push throughlegislation affect use internet proposed legislation us postal service attempting bille mail users alternative postage fees bill 602 p permit thefederal government charge 5 cent surcharge every e mail delivered billing internet service providers source consumer would bebilled turn isp washington dc lawyer richard stepp working without pay prevent thislegislation becoming law us postal service claiming lost revenue due proliferation e mail costing nearly 230 000 000 revenue per year may noticed recent ad campaign nothing like letter since average person received 10 pieces e mail per day 1998 cost typical individual would additional 50 cents day 180 per year beyond regular internet costs note would money paid directly us postal service service even provide whole point internet democracy noninterference already paying exorbitant price snail mail bureaucratic efficiency currently takes 6 days letter delivered coast coast us postal service allowed tinker e mail mark end free internet united states congressional representative tony schnell r even suggested 20 40 per month surcharge internet service beyond governments proposed e mail charges note major newspapers ignored story exception washingtonian called idea e mail surcharge useful concept time come march 6 th 1999 editorial sit watch freedom erode away send e mail everyone list tell friends relatives write congressional representative say bill 602 p take moments time could well instrumental killing bill want please forward