Internet taxation is on the way!

[Michael Haney]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Michael Haney wrote:
>
>> Well, this is off-topic from the current topic but its important
>> nonetheless to everyone on this list who lives in the US.
>>
>> The FCC is seriously considering its Nuclear Option to deal with the
>> subject of Net Neutrality and I'd have to say Comcast has nobody to
>> blame but themselves.  The FCC is well within their right and
>> authority to reclassify ISPs under Title II classification.  The same
>> classification that telcos are currently under.  This would give the
>> FCC a full arsenal of regulations to use against ISPs and would give
>> them all the legal power they'll ever need to impose Net Neutrality
>> rules.
>>
>> Why this matters to Ubuntu users?  Certain trolls may ask this, you
>> know who you are.
>
> They're the Tea Baggers warning of government takeover. They're not
> trolls, they're just...........Tea Baggers.
>

I feel sorry for the Tea Baggers.  They're being lied to and used.
Big industry, the health care industry, Fox News and so-on are playing
to their fears and using them to push their agendas.  They're being
manipulated into rallying in support of the very things they're
against, and they are unable to see the truth of what's happening to
them.  Its very sad.

On the subject of Internet Taxation ... as with health care reform
there will likely be a very heated battle.  It probably won't reach
the same ridiculous levels that the health care battle reached, but
it'll be close.  Most of the fighting will happen behind closed doors
between forces of lobbyists on both sides of the issue.

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