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mouser:
I think this nails it:

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/lawrence-lessigs-salt-talk.html

"Lessig said the type of corruption rampant in the US Congress is not the old type of bribery, where congressional representatives had safes in their offices to hold the cash they received for voting in certain directions. That is now illegal and eliminated. This new type of corruption is more subtle, indirect and harder to outlaw…. the real money to be made in Congress is the relative fortune to be made as a lobbyist after leaving office. The differential in wages between a staff member and a lobbyist has escalated a hundred fold in the past 40 years. Now 43% of staff go on to become lobbyists. The promise of a well-paying job working for corporate interests later is enough to warp voting now."

wraith808:
And the Feds have spoken their word...

At least *I* don't think it was coincidence.

Stoic Joker:
And the Feds have spoken their word...

At least *I* don't think it was coincidence.
-wraith808 (January 19, 2012, 04:10 PM)
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Jesus F'ing Christ! ...Me either.

fenixproductions:
BTW Bad day for Poland: according to few news sites (i.e. dobreprogramy.pl) Polish government agrees to ACTA and will sign it on 26th of January :(

app103:
For all those who think the SOPA Blackout had no impact.

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