Posted on 03/19/2016 4:51:07 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
“It’s not a government takeover of the Internet.” That was the mantra of those who backed the Federal Communication Commission’s “net neutrality” rules, which the FCC approved a little over a year ago. [snip] FCC chairman Tom Wheeler promised that — despite the fact the FCC had just granted itself wide-ranging control over ISPs — it would use a “light touch” when it came to regulating ISPs. But now, 12 months later, the FCC tipped its heavy hand with a proposal for a new set of regulations that could, as the Morning Consult put it, “reshape the tech industry.”
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Like everything else instituted under the usurper, Net Neutrality should be repealed as soon as we have a real president. Obama’s only legacy should be the crippling debt he imposed on our children, with the rest of the destruction erased.
You know they are salivating over planned new taxes
It sounds to me like the rules will be confusing and arbitrarily applied. If that is the case, it amounts to a business tax, because settlements will become the rule of the day. Look at the way the government has handled banks over the past eight years. No bad actors have been singled out individually, but huge fines have flowed into the government treasury.
Just Public Servants serving.
Ping.
A similar threat via a treaty ...
Obama giving away the internet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts
Ping. Net neutrality.
A logical mind would assume that means that more amnesty sites would speak out for sane immigration ...
Ann Coulter: Defending the nation from attempt to dissolve our borders: Drudge, Breitbart, me, Kaus and 5 hosts.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3409793/posts
Something has already happened on shortwave radio. Hardly any English language broadcasts at night anymore.
Big Brother ping
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