Busted! Obama Sold Your Privacy for $229,253
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I'm looking to get into the surveillance business. I'm serious. And no, not for any creepy, voyeuristic reason — but instead for the money. You see, there's some serious scratch to be made by those who provide the government with phone call data. And according to a new Associated Press investigation, some phone companies are cleaning up by charging Uncle Sam a pretty penny for this service. Check it out: http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/government-spends-millions-to-illegally-collect-phone-records/4467 Snip Government Spends Millions to Illegally Collect Phone Records Busted! Obama Sold Your Privacy for $229,253 As the AP reports: Verizon charges $775 for the first month of a wiretap, then $500 for each additional month. Sprint has provided the government with an easy-to-use website and a much cheaper fee of $30 a month. Cricket charges $250 per wiretap. AT&T gets $10 a day following an activation fee of $325. My friends, this adds up pretty fast. Verizon has been pulling in as much as an extra $5 million a year. And over the time span of four years, AT&T has racked up $24 million! How Does This Make You Feel? Of course, not everyone is happy about the high rates phone companies have been charging in an effort to spy on us. Hey, I'm all for a free market. But if it's our data, shouldn't we be getting a piece of the action, too? As far as I'm concerned, if the phone companies want to charge the government for access to our phone records, shouldn't we also be compensated? After all, there must be some kind of value to our right to privacy. It really is crazy when you break it down. Basically, we're paying the phone company for a service... then on the back end, the phone company takes your information, sells it to the government for which it gets paid handsomely, and the government goes on to use that information to violate your right to privacy. Oh, and if you're looking for a bit more sting on this one, guess where the government gets the money to pay for those wiretaps? From you, dear taxpayer! How does that make you feel? You are actually paying the government to spy on you! http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=282483 |
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