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Re:Apple – Privacy – Government Information Requests by enneff on Thursday September 18, 2014 @04:24AM (#8334247)
And why not? Businesses, through lobbying, essentially control the US government.

It's not unreasonable that American citizens might feel more empowered voting with their dollars than with ballot papers.

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Re:Apple – Privacy – Government Information Requests by ilobby on Thursday September 18, 2014 @11:53PM (#8338919)
It was about three $3.2 billion last year in 2013 from the federally registered lobbyists. The state level is probably equal to that. Some think the real numbers are closer to $9 billion at the federal level because PR and consulting don't have to be filed with the Senate clerk.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

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Re:Apple – Privacy – Government Information Requests by ilobby on Thursday September 18, 2014 @11:46PM (#8338900)
Excellent point. So do it. iLobby.co
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Re:Apple – Privacy – Government Information Requests by happyscrappy on Thursday September 18, 2014 @07:04AM (#8334608)
People don't care about privacy or they wouldn't be using Android.
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