FCC and the internet

[Odd]

Harold Sawyer wrote:
> Pardon my American distrust of government, but there is little that
> the US Government has gotten involved with that has not ended badly,
> at least lately.  Forcing banks to give toxic loans to those who would
> never be able to pay them back

No one has "forced" them. They did it on their own acount.

> (the real cause of our current
> world-wide recession).  Borrowing money to buy shares of automobile
> companies and giving them to unions.  Even as far back as Nixon
> putting caps on raises nationally, causing all sorts of market
> problems.  Government officials so often manipulate things based on
> narrow views, very partial information, or money and influence
> promised.
> 
> Yes I am an Adam Smith radical.  I hope I didn't offend many of my
> Sounder friends.  And I think my political / fiscal opinions are out
> of place in this forum.  But that is what the current attempt on the
> part of the American Federal Government to control the internet is all
> about.

It's not so much out of place as 'nuts'.

"Smith believed that when an individual pursues his self-interest, he
indirectly promotes the good of society"

Yeah, right. We see how that has worked out. The financial crisis
is exactly due to individuals pursuing their self-interest. The
fact that the world is rapidly going to hell is due to individuals
pursuing their self-interest

> For you non-Americans who aren't following such things:  A young
> 20-something couple spent less than $2,000 dollars in an undercover
> sting, filming interviews in a few cities with a national community
> organizing company near and dear to those currently running our
> federal government.  The internet allowed them, with less than $2,000,
> bring Congress to the position that they felt they had to de-fund this
> organization nationally.  All through using the internet.

I assume you are talking about Acorn. How does your "Adam Smith
radicalism" jibe with governments doling out money to private
organisations?

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Odd