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The New State Budget
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
8.25.1998
When faced with a huge $4.4 billion budget surplus, California lawmakers had the choice of returning most of the overcollected tax dollars back to taxpayers or increasing government spending. Sadly, in the recently approved state budget, state politicians decided to do much more of the latter than of the former.
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There is Not a Privacy Crisis on the Internet
Technology Op-Ed
By: Justin Matlick
8.1.1998
In Washington, D.C., momentum is building behind new laws aimed at protecting privacy on the Internet. Regulators want to impose a uniform privacy policy on commercial web sites, starting with those that cater to children. These regulations are built on two assumptions: that sites abuse their power to collect information, and that business interests contradict privacy interests. These assumptions are false.
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