If there was no incentive to send junk e-mail, the problem would surely fade away. We believe that there is only one way to stop the mass mailings. Reporting spammers to their service provider will only force them to find safe haven under the umbrella of like minded bulk friendly ISP's. So that's no solution. Acts of congress, means more bytes of data, because now, spammers include a footer that states their message is in compliance of some new e-mail bill.
Money is the root evil.
Cut off the supply of money, we force the spammer into early retirement. The Boulder pledge, may be the answer. This simple pledge was devised by Roger Ebert at the Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado. Append the Boulder pledge to the signature in all of your outgoing e-mails, and spread the word. Every legitimate e-mail that you send can be a retaliatory action against junk mail, and the people that send it.