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California Senate Defies FCC, Approves Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com)
The California State Senate yesterday approved a bill to impose net neutrality restrictions on Internet service providers, challenging the Federal Communications Commission attempt to preempt such rules. From a report: The FCC's repeal of its own net neutrality rules included a provision to preempt state and municipal governments from enforcing similar rules at the local level. But the governors of Montana and New York have signed executive orders to enforce net neutrality and several states are considering net neutrality legislation.
The FCC is already being sued by t21 states and the District of Columbia, which are trying to reverse the net neutrality repeal and the preemption of state laws. Attempts to enforce net neutrality rules at the state or local level could end up being challenged in separate lawsuits.
The FCC is already being sued by t21 states and the District of Columbia, which are trying to reverse the net neutrality repeal and the preemption of state laws. Attempts to enforce net neutrality rules at the state or local level could end up being challenged in separate lawsuits.
Conversely Democrats hate states experimenting with policies and love gigantic command and control from Washington.
They are all soulless bastards applyng situational ethics, where you tout a principle as long as, and only as long as, it supports your position.
The FCC rule at least has a mild leg to stand on regarding regulation of interstate trade, where the feds are explicitely granted the power to stop states from interfering with such trade.
On the flip side, it is wrong for the government to stretch a 1970s law out of all proportion to extend regulatory control, for a massive arena not envisioned by the lawmakers back then. This is a power grab by the executive branch.
Of course, nobody cares about power grabs when it is a grab for power one likes, like net neutrality, but hate it when it is for what one doesn't like, like net neutrality.
Or vice-versa.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
You do know that California is one of the largest food growers in the country, right?
You know that California is one of the largest food producers because it imports most of its water to grow this food from other states, right? No of course you didn't.
It's idiots like this and Pope boy up there who think that California can stand on its own. It can't. It only has the large economy because its is attached to a Larger economy called the United States. With out the United States there would be almost no industry in California. An certainly not enough water to support the overblown sense of self importance that is California.
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The wealthy are fleeing California in record numbers.
Just pass a 75% "leaving California" tax to keep the wealthy in, along with a $10,000 "new resident State services expansion" tax to prevent the poor from moving to California. I mean, why not, as long as we're ignoring the rule of law in California anyway?
Hell, Moonbeam should just be honest and rename California "New Venezuela" and declare independence.
I'd back such a move. Enthusiastically.
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Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
Stalking you, hardly. You just seem to float to the top but not to worry. After this post I'm applying a -2 freak award to you. I will never have to see your crap again.
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