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Re:Rand Paul Pledges to Immediately End NSA Mass Surveillanc... by geoffpado on Saturday April 11, 2015 @09:37PM (#9361653)
No, but corporations can lean on the government to do that on their behalf. Such as forcibly evicting a tenant from a foreclosed home [1] or confiscating equipment from a journalist who wrote about your unreleased products [2].

[1]: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/10/15/florissant-police-arr... [2]: http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computer...

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Re:Rand Paul Pledges to Immediately End NSA Mass Surveillanc... by DickingAround on Sunday April 12, 2015 @11:58AM (#9363731)
Agreed. If the corps use the government to do their bidding that is bad. In the case of this candidate I think the pitch is that he won't allow that either (or at least that' me general understanding of the libertarian position).
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