Showing posts with label net neutrality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label net neutrality. Show all posts

Monday, December 11, 2017

Net Neutrality and the best Congress money can buy

Open Secrets had a link to a list of Senators and Representatives who took money since 1989 from AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon and whether they voted for or against net neutrality.  Every Senator took some money and only a handful of Representatives took no money from these three.

We have the best Congress money can buy” is attributed to Will Rogers.

Maybe we need a Constitutional amendment that politicians can only accept money from individuals who can vote for them.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Free markets for big corporations but not others

The Senate defeated a measure to block new FCC rules on net neutrality; that is, providers could not or give priority to their own content or block competitors.

"[Sen. Kay Bailey] Hutchinson said the rules were yet another example of the 'Obama administration's relentless imposition of new and destructive regulations... (that) are freezing our economy.' "Senate defeats effort to block Internet rules", Reuters, 2011-11-10.

Duh, Senator, aren't monopolists the ones freezing our economy?