tcmaroc
10-12-2007, 06:43 AM
Hilarious article, looks like Ron Paul has been planning for this revolution since 2000.
Email users bombarded with irritating, unsolicited junk email applauded the U.S. House of Representatives' nearly unanimous vote Tuesday to ban spam.
H.R. 3113, which would fine spammers $500 for each piece of unsolicited junk email they send, would have passed unanimously were it not for the representative known throughout the House as "Dr. No."
Of the 428 votes cast, only Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) voted -- as his nickname implies -- no.
He applies his dogma equally to the Internet.
He said he opposed Wilson's anti-spam bill because it would cost taxpayers $60 million in computers and Federal Trade Commission labor to implement, and it would stomp on laws already on the books in 16 states.
He is also confident the high-tech industry can handle the problems associated with unsolicited junk email on its own.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/07/37665
Email users bombarded with irritating, unsolicited junk email applauded the U.S. House of Representatives' nearly unanimous vote Tuesday to ban spam.
H.R. 3113, which would fine spammers $500 for each piece of unsolicited junk email they send, would have passed unanimously were it not for the representative known throughout the House as "Dr. No."
Of the 428 votes cast, only Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) voted -- as his nickname implies -- no.
He applies his dogma equally to the Internet.
He said he opposed Wilson's anti-spam bill because it would cost taxpayers $60 million in computers and Federal Trade Commission labor to implement, and it would stomp on laws already on the books in 16 states.
He is also confident the high-tech industry can handle the problems associated with unsolicited junk email on its own.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/07/37665