Is the FCC lawless?

The Hill ^ | February 25, 2015 | By Randolph J. May, contributor

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[Girlene]

Yes.

[ransacked]

I can’t take it anymore! Will Some Republican leader stand up and DO something!!??

[WayneS]

It’s a federal agency, isn’t it?

[Old Yeller]

Get the rope boys.

[Joe Brower]

Considering the tyrannical and corrupt enemy actions we have been witnessing from just about every other federal agency under the current Marxist regime, why would the FCC be any different?

[Diogenesis]

America’s Federal government is completely
lawless, completely unConstitutional,
and the GOP will do NOTHING about it
because they are EXEMPT, paid off, and lower than scum.

**** apologies to scum.

[Travis McGee]

It’s all a part of Team Obama “fundamentally transforming” our free republic into a socialist police state, along Venezuelan banana-republic lines.

Welcome to the USSA, comrades. As long as you support Dear Leader and the DemocRat Party, you will get your waiver. Strict adherence to regulations is only meant for the conservative enemies of the Superstate.

All hail Dear Leader! He really is the greatest president ever!
(Can I get my new FCC website license now, please?)

[Travis McGee]

[T-Bird45]

The third paragraph is worth saying again:

Here is the nub of the matter: By choosing to regulate Internet providers as old-fashioned public utilities in order to enforce "neutrality" mandates, the commission will discourage private-sector investment and innovation for many years to come, if only as a result of the litigation that will be spawned and the uncertainty that will be created. And the new government mandates inevitably will lead to even more than the usual special interest pleading at the FCC, as Internet companies try to advantage themselves and disadvantage their competitors by seeking favored regulatory treatment.

The best historic illustration of this is the railroad industry until deregulation. The performance of the railroads since deregulation has been stellar by most measures. The return to putting the customer first, rather than satisfying regulators, has provided great benefit to shippers and consumers.

[Biggirl]

Revolt is coming down the road.

[Travis McGee]

I doubt it.

[Travis McGee]

[Ann Archy]

Democrats are Law-Less because Republicans are Ball-Less!!!

[Biggirl]

It will be a peaceful one, people now are too connected to the internet BIGTIME.

[Travis McGee]

We’ll see how free the internet is in a few years.

[ncalburt]

This FCC number works .Flood the lines.

[Carl Vehse]

I can’t take it anymore! Will Some Republican leader stand up and DO something!!??

Too late.

There is no GOP.

It's the GCP (Gutless Coward Party).

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, it is part of bammy’s administration. Therefore the default assumption going in should be yes, of course it is lawless.

[nathanbedford]

Warren Buffett was well aware of the value of barriers to entry to the viability of a business enterprise. Round donation time leftists, Clintons then Obama now, go to the big players in a given industry, in this case Internet providers but once upon a time healthcare insurers, and tell them it will regulate their potential competitors out of business.

The campaign contributions roll in, the bureaucrats wax, politicians get reelected, big players get fatter, the consumers get screwed and the electorate gets ignored. It is a win-win for those who are in.