Re: The government is the freaking dragon.
Reply #141 –
Here's the latest in this saga (not Net Neutrality, per se, but of the hype about government control of the internet… Yeah: You'all knew I was going there! Net Neutrality is a chimera; but "slippery slopes" are much admired and sought after! Dems want the government -specially, unelected bureaucrats- to "regulate" — because, someday, something might break…
(I assume the rest of my pontification is unnecessary.
Dems Vow to Take Net Neutrality to SCOTUS, Make FCC Move a Midterm Issue
BY NICHOLAS BALLASY DECEMBER 14, 2017
WASHINGTON – Democratic members of Congress argued today that the repeal of the Obama-era Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules would just help Internet service providers like Verizon and AT&T make greater profits.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has said that eliminating the rules would give ISPs the ability to offer a wider variety of Internet-based products and services to consumers.
The FCC commissioners voted 3-2 today to repeal the net neutrality rules, which had prohibited ISPs from blocking certain content or charging consumers additional fees to access premium content.
“Perhaps certain companies support saddling broadband providers with heavy-handed regulations because those rules work to their economic advantage. I don’t blame them for taking that position. And I’m not saying that these same rules should be slapped on them, too,” Pai said in a statement. “What I am saying is that the government shouldn’t be in the business of picking winners and losers in the Internet economy. We should have a level playing field and let consumers decide who prevails.”
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Pai's "light touch" regime as it has existed since day-one (up to 2015…?), together with all the protections of the FTC and other congressionally mandated remedies for anti-competitive actions, seem good enough — at least, good enough to keep unelected bureaucrats from taking control…
And make no mistake: This is a matter of bureaucrats taking control.
A not so simple question: Who do you trust more? Companies that crave your patronage or faceless, unaccountable bureaucrats who even denigrate your vote?
RESIST!