A city government wants to track down people who run small businesses and do not pay the city's $125 business-license fee. The city hired a private detective to obtain IRS tax records of city residents and determine who has reported small business income to the IRS and not paid the license fee.
a. What arguments might the city give in support of this action?
b. What arguments might privacy advocates give against it?
c. Should this application of computer matching be permitted? Give your reasons.