That is an excellent point and should be the focus of the discussion. Which agencies, departments, etc. of the federal government need enforcement, police, prosecution, and/or military weapons level assault forces? (The prior question, of course, is which shouldn't even exist. The department of education for one. They are a waste of perfectly good oxygen.)
Should the FCC exist? (not as a distinct entity, and not with enforcement, police, prosecution, and military weapons level assault forces.) Since we say its about commerce, then it should be a map office within the commerce department that draws venn diagrams of airwave overlaps and frequencies.
They report to some commerce higher who gets to decide whether 2 kids and rock music on a micro-power pirate station are more important than a freight war between American and Mexican truckers on America's highways. Then he'll focus his attention accordingly.
If the freeway was 100 miles wide I might agree with you....
That's exactly what they are supposed to do. In fact, they do have maps, one for each frequency, and they (FCC) apportion that stuff out. There are big circles and everything. There is a map office, and they issue maps. I've seen them. And the FCC is within the Commerce Department where they belong.
They report to some commerce higher who gets to decide whether 2 kids and rock music on a micro-power pirate station are more important than a freight war between American and Mexican truckers on America's highways. Then he'll focus his attention accordingly.
Let's get something straight. We're not talking about 2 kids and rock music. This is a group of people acting like this is a real radio station. They are collecting revenue, they are taking spectrum. There is at least one station being stomped on (radio term for hogging the same frequency).
The FCC's powers are so limited now as it is, that they barely exist. You've got to be a real screw-up for the FCC to come after you much less "bust" you.
I sometimes wonder why I ever bothered to study and get my Amateur Radio license with all the idiots that come onto the HF bands using pirated/stolen equipment and acting like a bunch of grade-school children disrupting everyone elses' activities.
Like I said, they barely exist and barely have any enforcement capabilities now. As I type this I'm on an HF Net getting jammed by some asshole CB'er who'll never get caught.