I propose a special tax on companies that generate spam email. It could
go something like this: Companies, or individuals that send out mass
emails are taxed 1 cent for every mailing they put out. This would not
include emails that are legitimate; a large company sends out emails to
"subscribers", or people who knowingly signed up to get thier
newsletters, or "notices".
This tax would only include mass,
random emails. I think that this might eliminate some needless spam,
but even if it does not, more tax money will be generated, so as to cut
down on other taxes that we have to pay.
Also, this would require companies to submit forms to the government to
get "permission" to send out mass spam. Instead of simply trying to rid
the internet of spam, much like we did with those annoying "spam" phone
calls, we could raise much needed funds.
