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Rubio, Cruz Try To Kill Neutrality On 1-Year Rule Anniversary (dslreports.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Presidential hopefuls Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have joined six other Senators in pushing the new Restoring Internet Freedom Act, which would dismantle the rules, walk-back the FCC's Title II reclassification of ISPs as common carriers, and prevent the FCC from trying to pass net neutrality rules in the future. In a statement posted to the Rubio website, the presidential hopeful states the new law is necessary because the FCC's "burdensome" net neutrality rules are destroying innovation, diversity, and network investment. "Through burdensome regulations and tight control like the net neutrality rule, the government only hinders accessibility and the diversity of content," said Rubio. "Consumers should be driving the market, and we can help by encouraging innovation, incentivizing investment, and promoting the competitive environment this industry needs."
Bernie. He's the only one who has a sane plan and who seemingly gives a shit about liberty.
Proposing $19 trillion in new give-aways that only those who don't pay income taxes could love, and which the other half of the country (which DOES pay income taxes) won't support, is sane?
... that's liberty?
Forcing one half of the country to shoulder vastly more taxes in order to give it to the half that already doesn't pay income taxes is liberty? Forcing someone who wants to sell some shares of Starbucks in order to buy some shares of Amazon because they think that will help better position their retirement self-sufficiency to pay a new tax so that Bernie can buy votes from empty-headed young people who foolishly went six figures into debt because they really, really like the fraternity scene at a famous university
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Over regulation will and has destroy profit and wealth generation in the areas. Look at all the companies who have moved the bulk of their operations off shore to avoid those. They adapt by leaving for a more hospitable place.
You are correct, they will still make a profit. It's just that most of it will be realized without us. What the over regulation will end up doing is destroying the possibilities for competition to start up. It protects the already entrenched and places all sorts of barriers to entry for others that require huge amounts of capital investment and hoops to jump through.
That isn't over regulation, it's under regulation. What we haven't done is prohibit companies that move their work overseas from doing business in this country or from importing their goods.
Other companies will get the message and step in to fill the void.
Rarely have I seen a post use so many words to say so little. You must really be proud of yourself for the nothing you added to this conversation. Perhaps if you focused on the topic instead of my moniker you wouldn't come off as densely as you think I am.