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The Housing Bill Requires Ebay to Tell the Government What You’ve Bought

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 by Harry Lewis

And not just Ebay — Amazon, the credit card companies, and every small business that accepts electronic payments. In practice, this means that the vaunted housing bail-out bill requires us all to disclose everything about our personal lives to government inspection and analysis.

Read it and weep. I am not exaggerating.

One Response to “The Housing Bill Requires Ebay to Tell the Government What You’ve Bought”

  1. Michael Mruk Says:

    It is unethical to sneak such a provision in a housing bill which is in itself a moral hazard. Read this little piece and contact your senator and ask them why they are allowing something which is UNNECCESARY:
    http://www.freedomworks.org/newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=2571