> The main path will be that bulk mail will be taxed at about $0.10 per > target with stiff criminal penalties for evading the tax. The money > will be split evently between the taxing bureaucracy and ISPs in the > name of "fighting terrorism," "closing the digital divide," and "for > the kids." That will end the whack-a-mole spammers and leave the > field open to the Fortune 200,000 and anyone else who wants to hire > a DMA member. in other words, such laws would just make spam a mainstream activity. Keith