Simon wrote:

"The idea is to be to give the private sector the
ability to charge money for things rather than
letting people get the information for free from
federal sources."

However, the public does not get anything for "free" from any
federal source as you pay for you get in the taxes that the IRS
collects every April 15th. If the private sector wants to charge
for this information, than they should collect it themselves and
and let that tax money be spent on other things.

Yours,

Paul H