Posted on 01/07/2015 5:42:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler appears poised to propose new rules that would classify Internet service providers as public utilities in a move designed to ensure everyone has the same access to free content online. […]
The remarks suggest that the Federal Communications Commission is falling in line with President Barack Obama, who announced in November that he favors governing Internet service providers like telephone companies to preserve a “free and open” Internet. …
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They just can’t keep their greedy hands off something that doesn’t need to be messed with.
public utilities charge for their services
is that what we want for the internet, too?
The internets are already free and open. leave it alone.
The FCC has no authority to do this.
call Congress
they want to control the Internet .
“leave it alone.”
You already know that they aren’t going to do that. They are foaming at the mouth to take complete control of the internet. They’ll lie, cheat, steal and kill to do it.
Some idiots even on this forum trust the FCC to improve the internet. Ridiculous government can only destroy.
They buy all this net neutrality bs lie that is just socialism(government control). There is nothing wrong with the Internet and even if there were government idiots are not the ones to fix it but the free market is.
call Congress?
I doubt that would accomplish anything
The free market has done an outstanding job of “controlling” the Internet. One of my Dad’s favorite sayings: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
yeah that’s the ticket give up with a brand new Congress that hasn’t had this kind of majority in the modern era: NOT. call Congress. some of them might not even know what the FCC is doing to the Internet.
yeah that’s the ticket give up with a brand new Congress that hasn’t had this kind of majority in the modern era: NOT. call Congress. some of them might not even know what the FCC is doing to the Internet.
I don’t know about you but I’m calling Ted Cruz ‘s office tomorow about this. And I’m going to bombard them all with emails.
Wouldn’t this be for Congress to decide?
I don’t think Congress should decide on federal control of the internet either. But between them and the unaccountable executive department agencies, Congress would be the only viable choice.
It already exists, it is called your phone lines. WHAT THE heck is this bs.
In 1913 the the Federal Income Tax was sold to the public as a tax on the very rich only at 7% of their incomes and only 1% to all others who after an exemption would owe no taxes and no filing was required for those that owed no taxes. More than 98% of the public never saw anything related to income taxes until years later when it hit them because it had grown and ‘snuck up on everyone’.
100 years later we see the Federal Income Tax as a weapon used politically.
The point of this history is that the Federal Government always comes into controversial issues using benign language that purports to affect no one negatively and is otherwise only positive in its effects. In this case a simple promise is made that internet rates will be regulated so that no one will be charged more than policy rates dictate.
If you like your internet rate, you can keep your internet rate.
Quality, Affordable Internet
Since the top 20% of income pay 94% of US income taxes, it effectively is a rich mans tax.
http://taxfoundation.org/blog/top-20-percent-households-pay-94-percent-income-taxes
Yup, if you like your Internet, you can keep your Internet. Period.
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