What happens when Gov't gets involved

[airdvr 210]

I was just thinking about SPAM.

Remember when SPAM was all the rage? Too much of it wasting our time. I know..let's pass a law! That'll take care of it.

This is typical of government these days. Problem? Pass a law. I personally think congress could take 10 years off and no one would notice.

Please don't dent the planet.

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[likearock 2]

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I was just thinking about SPAM.

Remember when SPAM was all the rage? Too much of it wasting our time. I know..let's pass a law! That'll take care of it.

This is typical of government these days. Problem? Pass a law. I personally think congress could take 10 years off and no one would notice.

Interesting you should bring that up. I haven't been bothered by spam in quite a while. Maybe the law did do something.

[skydyvr 0]

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This is typical of government these days. Problem? Pass a law. I personally think congress could take 10 years off and no one would notice.

You must be a spammer.

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[airdvr 210]

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I was just thinking about SPAM.

Remember when SPAM was all the rage? Too much of it wasting our time. I know..let's pass a law! That'll take care of it.

This is typical of government these days. Problem? Pass a law. I personally think congress could take 10 years off and no one would notice.

Interesting you should bring that up. I haven't been bothered by spam in quite a while. Maybe the law did do something.

I must be doing something wrong. I get spammed constantly

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[Nightingale 0]

Congress taking ten years off would probably improve things.

[mnealtx 0]

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Congress taking ten years off would probably improve things.

Absolutely - I've always said they should have chopped off the First Amendment after the first five words and made the rest into a new amendment...

Mike
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[Nightingale 0]

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Congress taking ten years off would probably improve things.

Absolutely - I've always said they should have chopped off the First Amendment after the first five words and made the rest into a new amendment...

ROFLMAO!

[nerdgirl 0]

Playing out the scenario

Congress is suspended for 10 years.
The Federal Budget goes into continuing resolutions (CR) for the next ten years.

FY09 budget is (by law when on CRs) only 80% of FY08 budget (~$2.9T). No new projects can be initiated, and there are no more supplementals, i.e., no more funding for OIF (aka “the Iraq War”) – that may be an unintended consequence of the scenario.

FY10 budget … well, it either remains 80% of FY08 budget (~$2.32T) or 80% of the FY09 budget ($1.86T). CRs haven't extended beyond a single fiscal year before, afaik.

If the former, you lose 20% each year, which is one way to decrease the federal budget.

First to go: Government contracts to private companies, FFRDCs, etc., which will not be renewed nor new contracts initiated, i.e., government contractors will lose their jobs first. Eventually, all individuals paid by the federal govt no longer receive paychecks.

Mandatory spending will still have to be paid (debt, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid). In FY08, mandatory spending was ~$1.79T. If you lose 20% each year, by FY11 the federal budget is below that value ($1.49T), assuming no increase for inflation or additional debt). If not, taking into account inflation, interest, and other conservative estimates of cost increases, how long until mandatory spending encompasses the whole federal budget?

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[kelpdiver 2]

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Remember when SPAM was all the rage? Too much of it wasting our time. I know..let's pass a law! That'll take care of it.

IF they had passed a useful law, it might have, just as they effectively ended the junk faxing practices.

There is no question that spammage continues to grow, mostly offshore now where US law can't touch it. The problem is that there is no retribution to the clients of the spammers. And I suppose, there are still enough stupid men with small dicks that will put anything into their body.

Think of how much spam would be eliminated if Congress could cure baldness, penis size, and penny stock fraud. We'd elect them for life!

[likearock 2]

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I was just thinking about SPAM.

Remember when SPAM was all the rage? Too much of it wasting our time. I know..let's pass a law! That'll take care of it.

This is typical of government these days. Problem? Pass a law. I personally think congress could take 10 years off and no one would notice.

Interesting you should bring that up. I haven't been bothered by spam in quite a while. Maybe the law did do something.

I must be doing something wrong. I get spammed constantly

Here's a tip: never ever allow your email address to be published on a web page. Even DZ.com's profiles, while they're password protected, are not immune to automated web crawlers.