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$20 Million on Lobbying Defeats CA Privacy Bill

sphughes writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that banks, insurance companies and other corporations spent more than $20 million in campaign contributions and lobbying expenses to defeat a recent consumer privacy bill SB773. The story can be found here. These are preliminary figures through July and may actually run much higher. The bill had been modified from opt-in to opt-out but was still killed."

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  1. I'd care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Re:eGray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's what you get when you vote for a Democrat. Sellout liberalism, unapologetic imperialism, and massive corruption.

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  5. do you ever wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...if slashdot trolls reply to their own posts to make it look like people actually read them?

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  6. OKAY AS LONG AS I CAN SUCK OFF YOUR BROTHER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  7. Can I suck your dick? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    cause if you think that's funny, you're in dire need of a blowjob

  8. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IS A LIBERAL'S WET DREAM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  9. Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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