[flightster]

I would happily pay one cent per email if it meant everyone else had to as well...including advertisers

Think of how much better the signal-to-noise ratio of email would become.

[deno]

If that 1¢ gets you straight to Inbox then the signal-to-noise would take a very bad nosedive. If not, then it will change nothing anyway. Phone calls cost money and there are still plenty of SPAM calls.