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		analog31 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal... Only if pricing information is also made public. Otherwise, a person with relatively high income, but who also wants to be frugal, will get gouged. Discriminatory pricing could become a private income tax.

saturn8601 9 months ago | [–]

Oh god you're right. I heard that some vendors are already buying data from credit card companies and joining that with their data on you to do price discrimination but this will enable price discrimination on a country wide level. :/

andsoitis 9 months ago | [–]

Sure, you want to be thoughtful about disclosure and unintended consequences.

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