Governments at the state and local level, particularly in places like California but many other states as well, are all about the transfer of wealth, paying off huge sums and benefit packages to “public servants” such as teachers who don’t teach, and making sure that people become dependent on government services or handouts rather than even having a chance at functioning in a free market economy.
Post Tagged with: "internet regulation"
May 1, 2012 06:09
Big Brother, the Internet, and Your Right of Privacy
Any time you see or hear the words “fair” or “fairness” it is a subterfuge for the redistribution of your wealth and the right of the government to know every aspect of your life.
April 30, 2012 06:36
#CISPA, #SOPA, #PIPA and #BigLobbying – Your Privacy Sold
OpenSecrets.org data now shows that Rogers has received at least $175,000 from organizations that have lobbied on the bill. That’s about 15 percent of the total $1.1 million he has reported raising this election cycle.
December 14, 2011 17:01
Stop in the Name of Private Property
Experts who follow this subject closely have described SOPA as the most draconian and egregious in the history of copyright enforcement. It would permit any plaintiff to presume the backing of the state to effectively shut down any website on complaint alone, and it would instill such a chilling atmosphere of fear that what we now call digital freedom would come to an end.
December 14, 2011 17:01
Stop in the Name of Private Property
Experts who follow this subject closely have described SOPA as the most draconian and egregious in the history of copyright enforcement. It would permit any plaintiff to presume the backing of the state to effectively shut down any website on complaint alone, and it would instill such a chilling atmosphere of fear that what we now call digital freedom would come to an end.
November 21, 2011 09:54
Ramrodding the End of the Internet as We Know It
It would allow the government to create a “blacklist” of blocked sites and give private companies the ability to strip the financial livelihoods of websites without due process.
February 8, 2011 06:29
Chuck norris: What feds can learn from Egyptian internet control
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google services have all been disrupted by Egyptian governing authorities in pursuit to clampdown on protests. And we don’t think the U.S. government would do the same?
February 7, 2011 07:54
FCC Commissioners: FCC Lacks Authority to Regulate the Internet
Two of the five commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the Commission lacks the legal authority to regulate the Internet, predicting that the recent regulations issued by the commission in December will be struck down in federal court.
December 29, 2010 07:09
Americans fear government control of internet
American voters believe free market competition will protect Internet users more than government regulation and fear that regulation will be used to push a political agenda.
