nothing stopping you from switching to a service like @21 where people have to pay to email you
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absolutely no reason to get the government involved
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Seems like it would incentivize spam to other media, like SMS.
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a "tax" sounds like a bad idea. but, charging a penny to contact me, if you're not in my contact list, sounds better.
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Tax e-mails? You already pay for e-mail via your ISP service charges. Your ISP pays their taxes. This is a profoundly ignorant statement.
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I don't think you folks know how the Interwebz workpic.twitter.com/GiSoNBRTet
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This has been proposed in a form that doesn't require government: http://www.hashcash.org/papers/announce.txt …
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Tax twitter usage. Will rid it of garbage.
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i take it that you are not very popular with conservaties...
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If you're a hammer everything looks like a nail. When u are a lefty every solution looks like a tax!
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No need for a tax. Just need a protocol for recipients to tag certain signatures for free sending, and charge (pay to the recipient) o/w
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I'd receive spam for $1.00 an email. I'd receive anything from whitelisted domains for free. Both happily.
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hahahaha! --not likely to happen, but brilliant.
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This idea just ruins the democratizing element of emails. Learn how to manage your Inbox, and if that's to difficult, send letters by mail.
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No. We already pay for service through our Internet connection. We're over-taxed already.
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Been saying exactly this for >10 years. A penny tax would eliminate spam overnight, without seriously inconveniencing legitimate users.
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It would amount to a
#FOMO tax. No gain (except to whoever is to collect the tax).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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