Via Boing Boing and Motherboard
"In fact, in 1996, Ted Cruz (yes, that Ted Cruz), cowrote one of the most important and forceful papers arguing that legal intervention (regulation, maybe!) is necessary to prevent large corporations from taking advantage of the masses."
Link: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ted-cruz-law-paper-vote-with-your-wallet-doesnt-work
Congress just voted to allow ISP's to sell customer data to corporations. and this is how much it cost to buy Congress.