[Bobby777]

and fine the company that's advertising a product an additional $1 per email if they can have proof (payments) that they contracted a spammer to send their product ...

90% of spam will be gone in 30 days ... guaranteed ... make it economically very unattractive ... not 100% but 90% yes ...

[sockmonkey]

Why doesn't the government outlaw spam?
Don't they see what huge revenues they could bring in from fining these people, or as you suggest, fining those who contract with them.
Actually, I think about half of the spam I get is from outside the US, so I'm not sure if fining would work for long...more outsourcing.

[steve-b]

Spammers would not face prison

Bleeding-heart wimps. If they don't want to pay to put them in prison, just dust off some of the racks and iron maidens from the museums and use those.