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Presumably those salaries were paid with the expectation that some of that money would be recuperated through private sales. I guess it sort of makes sense that
by brianpgordon 13y ago
Presumably those salaries were paid with the expectation that some of that money would be recuperated through private sales. I guess it sort of makes sense that only businesses who use the information have to pay, instead of making every taxpayer bear the burden.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoTaxpayers don't bear the burden. Postage purchasers do. If you paid for postage, the zipcode database was necessary for delivery of your item. Selling the data to other companies is just another way they're trying to monetize the data.