[njarboe]

The world could have such a wider set of solutions to many problems on the internet if there were just a good system of micropayments. Any idea why the US government or some other government does not create such a system? If people not in my contact list were immediately sent to voicemail and charged 10 cents to leave me a message, spam would basically go away. Similar for email spam. One can dream.

[theandrewbailey]

> Any idea why the US government or some other government does not create such a system?

The US government isn't in the business of running the internet or phone or micropayment systems, and it's not interested.

[njarboe]

Its into supplying its citizens with a useful currency. Micropayments of dollars is just usefully currency online. Seems like microdollars would be a natural monopoly, ideal for the US government to produce.