Saturday, May 27, 2006
EU Considers Tax On Email and SMS Messages
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 12:00 PM
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-05-26T121239Z_01_L26740888_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-TELECOMS-EU-FUNDING.XML
"European Union lawmakers are investigating a proposed tax on emails and mobile phone text messages as a way to fund the 25-member bloc in the future. A European Parliament working group is reviewing the idea, tabled by Alain Lamassoure, a prominent French MEP and member of the centre-right European People's Party, the assembly's largest group. Lamassoure, a member of Jacques Chirac's UMP party, is proposing to add a tax of around 1.5 cents on text or SMS messages and a 0.00001 cent levy on every email sent."
Commies. :evil: Of course, they will never be able to collect from the spammers. I personally wouldn't mind a hefty charge, like 10 cents per email, but you get to send around 5,000 free a month. That would take care of all but the most chatty of email users and even some small businesses. But again, no way to ensure it is collected since most spammer's email servers are in the form of malware on user's machines, and that isn't what this tax is about anyway. Just another way for politicians to raise money so they can spend it. :roll:
"European Union lawmakers are investigating a proposed tax on emails and mobile phone text messages as a way to fund the 25-member bloc in the future. A European Parliament working group is reviewing the idea, tabled by Alain Lamassoure, a prominent French MEP and member of the centre-right European People's Party, the assembly's largest group. Lamassoure, a member of Jacques Chirac's UMP party, is proposing to add a tax of around 1.5 cents on text or SMS messages and a 0.00001 cent levy on every email sent."
Commies. :evil: Of course, they will never be able to collect from the spammers. I personally wouldn't mind a hefty charge, like 10 cents per email, but you get to send around 5,000 free a month. That would take care of all but the most chatty of email users and even some small businesses. But again, no way to ensure it is collected since most spammer's email servers are in the form of malware on user's machines, and that isn't what this tax is about anyway. Just another way for politicians to raise money so they can spend it. :roll:
