http://www.projectidealism.com/2011/06/how-patriot-act-affects-my-small.html

And so that’s what the Patriot Act really does.  It increases paranoia, makes people afraid, and promotes racism.

The stark reality is that we live in a country where a small business person has to worry about the government listening in on their phone calls, and digging into their finances for doing nothing more than making a website.