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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Monopolies

jeudi 2 mars 2017 à 01:00

Democrats abandoned the fight against monopolies (more generally, industry concentration) around 1980. The result was great concentration, encouraged by Bill Clinton and Obama as well as Reagan and the Bushes.

Health tracking devices

jeudi 2 mars 2017 à 01:00

That Health Tracker Could Cost You. Any devices to track your activities can help companies establish policies of discrimination.

FOIA requests

jeudi 2 mars 2017 à 01:00

In 2014, Congress was almost finished passing a law to increase transparency in responding to FOIA requests. Obama's Justice Department killed the bill.

UK to increase taxes on bookstores

jeudi 2 mars 2017 à 01:00

The UK plans to increase taxes on bookstores, after cutting Amazon's tax rate.

The Tories seem to be puppets of companies like Amazon.

Consumers' privacy

jeudi 2 mars 2017 à 01:00

SCROTUS wants to eliminate federal protection of consumers' privacy.

That protection is so weak that it is laughable, but a step in the wrong direction would make things even worse.