Posted on 05/19/2014 10:02:23 AM PDT by jacknhoo
Surprising nobody, data from Maplight shows that the Republican and Democrat lawmakers opposing both Title II ISP reclassification and net neutrality rules receive 2.3 times more campaign contributions from the cable industry than average. Twenty-nine members of Congress own stock in Comcast, making Comcast the 25th most held stock among members of Congress.
Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) owns more Comcast stock than any other member.
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has received more money from the cable industry than any other member of the House of Representatives: $109,250 over the last two years. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology oversees the FCC, which in turn is reviewing Comcast's attempted acquisition of Time Warner Cable.
The 28 representatives that recently signed three different letters to the FCC fighting against Title II reclassification of ISPs as public utilities have received, on average, $26,832 from the cable industry, 2.3 times more money than the average for all members of the House of Representatives ($11,651).
Data From Maplight, mentioned in the first sentence of the article:
Contributions to House Members Lobbying against Net Neutrality from Cable Interests
( http://maplight.org/Contributions%20to%20House%20Members%20Lobbying%20against%20Net%20Neutrality%20from%20Cable%20Interests )
Except that this issue is not clear cut to me…...
No, but the fact that every member of Congress is for sale to the highest bidder IS crystal clear.
Surprising nobody, data from Maplight shows that the Republican and Democrat lawmakers opposing both Title II ISP reclassification and net neutrality rules receive 2.3 times more campaign contributions from the cable industry than average. Twenty-nine members of Congress own stock in Comcast, making Comcast the 25th most held stock among members of Congress. Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) owns more Comcast stock than any other member. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has received more money from the cable industry than any other member of the House of Representatives: $109,250 over the last...
It may become more clear cut when Free Republic is pushed down to slow speed because they don’t pay folks like Comcast and Verizon fees to be a high speed service.
The laws are being changed by government to benefit the large companies that provide internet service, who will be able to charge You Tube and others fees to be let through to you at high speed.
You Tube will then charge you a fee to watch videos so they can recoup the costs that Comcast and Verizon etc. impose on them.
It means more money in the pockets of the big guys who put money in the pockets of the politicians.
They push conservative content back on cable television, now they will do it on the internet.
This is a pretty good synopsis of what is going on, other than congress being bought off by lobbyists as usual:
ISPs Claim That If The FCC Reclassifies The Internet As A Utility, “Paid Prioritization” Wouldn’t Be Banned
According to John Roberts, this is the way the system is supposed to work. People give money to have influence, and as long as there’s no explicit quid pro quo, it’s all fine.
no argument there bros…..
And how many Congress critters in favor of net neutrality received campaign contributions from Google, Amazon, EBay and the rest of the gang in sillycon alley - compared to those who oppose “net neutrality”???
Oh that’s right, the report did not ask THAT question.
Good. Keep government out/off of the Internet. What utility have the regulated well?
Nonsense. High prices clear themselves.
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