FC: Weekly column: In elections, don't get mad, get even

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2010-1071-965160.html

   Perspective: Don't get mad, get even
   By Declan McCullagh 
   November 11, 2002, 4:00 AM PT

   WASHINGTON -- The National Rifle Association rates politicians on
   whether they support the Second Amendment.
   
   Emily's List gives campaign cash to pro-choice Democratic women. The
   Club for Growth supports politicos who pledge to lower taxes and limit
   government, while aiming to defeat tax-and-spenders.
   
   Is it time for the technology industry to come up with a similar way
   to reward friends and punish enemies?
   
   There's certainly good reason for it. Over the last two years, U.S.
   Congress has considered a series of benighted plans to regulate,
   restrict and otherwise hamstring technology.

   [...]



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