Former BSA VP Confirmed as Tech Undersecretary

RedOregon writes "The Senate has confirmed Robert Cresanti as the Commerce Department's new undersecretary for technology. Who's that, you ask? He was the former vice president of public policy at the Business Software Alliance. Does this give anyone else the Heebie Jeebies??"

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Re:It's consistent

[ScentCone]

Lets not forget to add to that list no bid sweetheart deal contracts for hailburton

Please post your list of other firms with the personnel, experience, clearances, and other requirements ready to go, right then when needed. Then explain why they would have been cheaper and done a better job, and how the time spent bidding a mixed bag of hard-to-define-in-advance service requirements around through the CBD would have been quicker or ultimately in any way more effective.

Installing a big oil consultant as head of afghanistan

You'd rather that country's leadership was from more of a rural, poppy-growing industry? Or perhaps a retired warlord? There isn't much industry of any kind IN that country, so someone with the connections to actually get things working (with a legitimate business sector) in the local economy is critical. And perhaps you're forgetting the multiple rounds of actual, man-on-the-street votes that dictate the staffing of that country's government?

tax cuts

Which demonstrably, and directly contribute, year after year, to higher overall tax revenue and the economic activity that continues to produce more jobs. Please post your theory on how raising taxes contributes to employment, other than in government programs.

defeating net neutrality

BS. Stopping legislation that would require it has nothing to do with whether or not a provider can be as neutral as they choose. If you don't like the notion of the owner of a network running it as they see fit, start your own network and get customers by telling them that's part of your deal. Bandwidth provided by SBC (or Earthlink, or AT&T or Acme Smalltown Cableco) is not some natural resource: it's a product/service. The person providing the service can do as they please, and you can deal with them, or not. Would you rather the government also told landscaping companies that they have to charge the same rate for a mowed square foot of grass whether their customer is a townhouse owner or the owner of a 500 acre golf course? Let the market decide.

You'll make more rhetorical points if you don't try to string together a bunch of causality-confused, empty non-sequitors to paint some picture of The Man.

buisness can just have its way

So, buy your antibiotics, high-speed graphics cards, textiles, soybeans, airplane engines, high capacity batteries, and rolls of CAT5 from your local mom-and-pop manufacturers. Those tiny companies are always able to get you lower prices, innovative products, and nation-wide availability on demand. Have fun!