# Whats going on with craigslist????

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**Created:** [January 18, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-going-on-with-craigslist/262356 "2012-01-18T08:44:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-going-on-with-craigslist/262356/29 "2012-01-18T15:03:54Z")

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> [@da dandana da...... to the rescue again!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/da-dandana-da-to-the-rescue-again/47968/5):
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> Desperate attempt on the government’s part to reduce the unemployment rate. Without sites like these, people might have to shut down their PCs and actually start looking harder for their destined career.

It would actually put many software and technology companies out of business, increasing the unemployment rate.

It is a desperate attempt by the film and music industries (who lobbied $94 million in support of these laws) to stop piracy

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