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US Relaxes Control Over ICANN
An anonymous reader tips news that the US Dept. of Commerce has signed an agreement with ICANN to end their current oversight responsibilities and allow more input from the global community. "The move comes after European regulators and other critics have said the US government could wield too much influence over a system used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Those critics have complained, among other things, about the slow rollout of Internet addresses entirely in languages other than English." The US will still be involved; every three years, ICANN's work will be evaluated by a committee, one member of which will be from the Dept. of Commerce.
I can't wait for directives from EU politicians like "Create a .xxx domain!" that busts the whole web and costs tens of billions of dollars in economic damage.
Tell me more about how Obama has granted homosexuals the ability to marry, and how he's a strong supporter of gays and lesbians.
I'll be waiting!
Except of course that that is a lie, for so many obvious reasons that you must either be [ad hominem attack removed].
I am sure there are valid examples of Democratic micromangement, but that isn't one.
I'll accept your version of the republican plan, although I suspect they could mention "oh, and it will cost you 60% more of your income as it did under clinton, for no better outcome*" (*=please replace with appropriate statistics for your income group and state).
(a) AFAIK they are not planning to ban private health insurance, which would be silly anyway. UK private health insurance is much cheaper than US because it is "top up" on top of the state scheme.
(b) everyone on it? Obama says not illegal aliens. I would guess not tourists either. So tourists will still have to pay twice the price for travel insurance for "World including USA and its price gouging" compared to "World not including USA". But that is fair enough. I do think it would be sensible for illegal aliens to be vaccinated etc. since it is crazy that you have so much third world infectious disease that could cheaply be stopped before it gets expensive, but that would probably not get on the plan easily cos of politics.
(c) if your need is not on plan sux to be you. Yup i'll give you that. That applies to all the other plans too though.
(d) If you don't want to be pay taxes sux to be you - well true, that applies to everything the us spends money on though. If you are a normal income person it *should* reduce total of what you (on average) spend (tax+insurance) if the plan is sensible but (i) on average you are not sick and (ii) any bill that goes through congress gets seriously mutated with pork (have you read what congress put in the bailout bill? 500 pages of pet project gunk from both sides).
...US interests and sovereignty...
As in: US military bases in every region and a general policy of imperialism.
Funny, I don't remember you right-wingers asking me whether or not I wanted to pay for your Iraq war.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Mussolini