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Overpaying for PACER?

Joe Lieberman thinks that PACER is overpriced?  WTF?No way.  Eight cents a page is a steal.  When drafting a complaint in a new area of law, I can grab a complaint off of PACER to read for a few bucks.  How much time and money does that save me and clients?  Oddly, Lieberman is upset that a government agency is actually making money!  Astounding:The senator, who is head of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, expressed concern in a Feb. 27 letter that the federal judiciary had a $150 million surplus in its technology fund as of fiscal year 2006 yet continues to charge the public and lawyers 8 cents per page for access to documents. Isn't it a good thing that the government is making a profit?  Maybe that profit should cover overhead, thus saving taxpayers money...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).