[the anti-liberal]

I think they're doing this only because they want to push this through:

Bill Requires All Credit Card Companies to Report ALL Transactions to the Government

Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America's small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill's managers without debate this week, would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction to the federal government.

[angkor]

>>>>>I think they’re doing this only because they want to push this through:

Completely different, like night and day.

Collecting CC transactions without warrant is a direct violation of the 4th Amendment.