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Minnesota Senator Says Email Tax Might Reduce Spam
indros13 writes "The Hon. Mark Dayton, Senator from Minnesota, is reportedly considering a "miniscule email tax" to counter the flood of spam. Thinking like an economist, he's obviously hoping to make mass emailing unprofitable. 'You can't say, "We want it to be totally free and unrestricted and on the other hand we want it to work smoothly and civilly," he said.' No word on how all those lobbying groups that use mass emails will respond, but I'm sure there are a few emails on the way..." Politician weasel words are part of the package, though; Dayton says a tax is "just one of the tactics that should be considered, but I don't favor it at this time."
No, he's thinking like a socialist. An economist would have thought how wonderful it is profits are being generated through such an inexpensive media as the internet. Spam is an opportunity, not a problem.
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That's just a pretext for yet another massive money-grab from John Q. Public's pocket.
Add another layer of bureaucrats to administer it all and in the end we'll be right back where we started from.
When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and when you're a politician, everything looks like a revenue-stream.
Of course it's easier to mod this as a troll than to write an intelligent rebuttal.
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J
You fucking idiot!!!
~Knautilus