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James J. Lippard wrote:
> 
> This is a fake, which originated in Canada.  "Bill 602P" is the naming
> convention of Canada's Parliament, in the U.S. it would begin with the
> letter H or S depending on whether it originated in the House or the
> Senate.
> 
> See http://host20.bluehill.com/snopes/spoons/faxlore/internet.htm for
> more info (also http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/internet.htm)
> 
> In article <375C0552.448@phnx.uswest.net>, dave wrote:
> >Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 21:29:34 -0700
> >From: "audie emery"
> >To:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >
> >Subject [Fwd: Senate Bill? 602P?? E-MAIL FEES??]]
> >Cc:
> >Reply-To: chick@aztec.asu.edu
> >
> >Subject: E-mail fees
> >Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online
> >and continue using email:     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 postagefees.
> >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.  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 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 US Postal
> >Service for a service they do not even provide.  The whole point of
> >the Internet is democracy and noninterference.  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
> >efficiency.  It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be
> >delivered from New York to Buffalo.  If the US Postal Service is
> >allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of "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.
> >
> >Chick's Note: Another example of Republicans screwing the rest of
> >us.
> >Daves Note:  You also need to raise Hell about the FCC imposing a
> >$0.40/mo tax on your phone bill to wire and install Internet access
> >to all the schools in the country.
> >
> >1. The FCC does not have the Constitutional authority to impose
> >taxes, only Congress can do that!
> >
> >2. Approximately 80% of all schools in the country are already
> >wired and connected.
> >
> >3. It's another claim that VPres Gore wants to make as to how he
> >connected all the schools.
> >
> >I know $.40 isn't very much to get upset about, but if you had a
> >business that could cheat people who don't even do business with you,
> >$.40 X every telephone X 12 months, what would your bottom line look
> >like?
> >
> >If I could do that, I'd give up all my other business!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it left!
> >

You are right!!!

After I posted this message I found out that you can check these things 
out at Thomas.loc.gov

You can search by bill# or keyword.  It's esay.

This one came back as an invalid bill number.

I'm sorry if I up set any one.

That's 2 mistakes I've made.  Once, 15 years ago I made a statetment that 
I thought was wrong!  But it wasn't!!!!