chester, we just talked with linda woolley of the direct marketing association. s she stearns, baucher, the draft legislative proposal is not industry-friendly. do you agree? >> consumers need to be protected when they go on line. they face a far reaching did a correction system that is tracking them wherever they go, watching them behind the scenes -- data collection system. it is like someone shadowing it, writing everything down, what restaurants you go to, what your child does. all of this is compiled. none of this is transparent. what americans need is an internet where they are assured that they know what information is collected, how it is used, and they have to agree on the most critical things involving their lives, their finances, their health, their children, their politics. they decide what is collected and how it is used. all that stearns and baucher would do would be to provide additional safeguards for consumers. the idea that the internet as we know it is going to go bankrupt, that they are going to have to shut down, if we protect consumers onlin

our guests are linda woolley and geoff chester. >> this is the third installment of "the communicators"' look up on one policy. we will be talking with advertisers and consumer groups. joining us is linda woolley of the direct marketing association, and juliana gruenwald continues as our guest reporter. if i could start with some testimony from just -- jeff chester, the guest following you with the center of democracy. he talked about the advertisers, and this is what he had to say, and we would like to get your response -- industry self regulation, it is clear, has failed to offer meaningful protections to consumer privacy. >> noticed and choice has been the hallmark of the self- regulatory program, which has been in existence for some 30 years. we absolutely believe that an informed consumer who has the opportunity to make a decision about what they want and what they do not want is the best for everybody. as marketers, we are in the business of offering products and services to consumers and hoping that they are not just consumers but that they turn into customers. the last thing yo

. >> jeff chester, linda woolley said earlier in this program that personal information is a commodity. . corps and over those 49 years, tens of thousands, and indeed hundreds of thousands of americans have served this couldn't arery in what is known as the most difficult job you'll ever love. and my wife and i did indeed love it. however, the tax proposal that's before this is that every american taxpayer will are receive a lower tax rate on the first $250,000 that they have in adjusted gross income, whether they're a small business or individual taxpayer. those that have greater would pay a somewhat higher tax. the other alternative is to run up the deficit another $700 billion, which i think is a particularly bad idea but back to the peace corps. it's a great institution. and it's been supported by both democrats and republicans, and we think that's a good thing. and that's the rest of the story. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman >> we will still have a problem. >> the director for the center for executive democracy. we also talked to