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Comment Re:Wrong focus (Score 2) 29

I want *FU on my phone and text...

When you get a call or text you don't want, just send *FU (Fuck U).

The number is blocked, and a Dollar plus inflation is subtracted from your phone/communications bill.

A Dollar plus inflation is added to the phone/communications bill of the caller. If the caller can not be identified (and the call can ALWAYs be identified), the originating phone/communications company is on the hook to pay the money.

No more spam phone calls and texts.

Comment Re:8 Simple Rules for NOT Dialing My Number (Score 1) 49

Your #5 is the one to do. I've seen someone mention it before. Mandate the process by law (it can't be that hard to achieve technically!). Then, the small fee that gets billed back to the caller will be split between the person who was called and the phone company; that should keep the phone company interested in playing fair.

This is the federal bill I want:

After any call or text you receive and dislike, be it a scammer, a sales scheme, a robo-call, your EX, etc, just type *38 (*FU) to have $1.00 US debited from their phone account or added to their bill and receive a $1 credit to your phone account, indexed to inflation. If the originating phone company is not able to 100% verify where the call or text came from, then a $1 US is debited from the phone company for their failure and credited to your account. Any positive account balances can be paid to you via a check at your convenience. Also, *3623 (*FOAD) will block the call for you. So keep'em calling and paying!

Comment SEC should stop other abuse first. (Score 4, Insightful) 63

Maybe to start, the SEC should publish a list all elected officials, with particulars, who have used insider information on the regular stock market? Congress has made themselves exempt from insider trading laws, but there is no reason each occurrence can't be published regularly.

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