Is the Government Taking Control?

This blog describes Microsoft's views on a new online privacy bill proposed by John McCain and John Kerry.  Microsoft feels that this bill would be beneficial for United States and argues the positive aspects of the bill.  I, however feel that the more control government has, the worse of our nation is.  America has thrived for generations but as the United States has begun to sink in prosperity, the government has taken more control of the economy.  As government programs fail, their next step is to issue another program, that is in turn doomed to failure.  With the passing of this bill, online businesses will no longer be able to track consumers which allows them to accurately change their business.  Through online tracking, retailers adapt to changes in consumers.  The doing away of tracking will hurt our economy even further.  Of course the government retains all of its abilities to monitor individuals using their websites and extract their personal information to the fullest extent.  It makes me sick that the government solutions to everything is to in someway take more control, to make everything better.  Does anybody else feel this way or is it just me being paranoid?  I would love to hear how others feel about this issue.  I just wish that the government would let us handle ourselves.