SHUT DOWN THE I.R.S. PERMANENTLY
In Response To: Busted! Obama
Sold Your Privacy for $229,253 (Susoni)
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Without all the rant and fanfare, just keep telling people to SHUT DOWN THE I.R.S. PERMANENTLY. in response to: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ : 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=282585 |
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