Net neutrality takes a major leap today!
- I'm assuming everyone here is comfortable with bloomberg...
Obamacare Effect Linked to Lower Medical Cost Estimates - Bloomberg Business02-27-2015 01:59 PMLike 0 -
- https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/57...976384/photo/1Just remembered this classic quote about a public utility Internet paving the way for silencing climate skeptics.
Somebody here will come back and think this is an excellent idea...hydrogen3 likes this.02-27-2015 02:24 PMLike 1 - How can I explain this? Certain laws and rules appear good, er um, fair on the surface, but years later is when we find out that how bad it really is. For example, remember when all of the historical preservation boards started springing up all across the country? Deeming certain areas and properties as needing to be "preserved" for historical purposes sounds great. Yet, many people found out after being cited for code violations that it would be cheaper to tear down and rebuild than to repair, but being that the property was deemed historical, they weren't allowed to tear down and rebuild. Granted, that was a few years ago. Still, my point is this: when government gets involved, we the people lose, and the effects aren't immediately felt.02-27-2015 02:31 PMLike 3
- How can I explain this? Certain laws and rules appear good, er um, fair on the surface, but years later is when we find out that how bad it really is. For example, remember when all of the historical preservation boards started springing up all across the country? Deeming certain areas and properties as needing to be "preserved" for historical purposes sounds great. Yet, many people found out after being cited for code violations that it would be cheaper to tear down and rebuild than to repair, but being that the property was deemed historical, they weren't allowed to tear down and rebuild. Granted, that was a few years ago. Still, my point is this: when government gets involved, we the people lose, and the effects aren't immediately felt.02-27-2015 02:58 PMLike 0
- Government, in and of itself, is not a problem. The problem arises from our view of government and from the things we expect from government. Instead of viewing it as something that "we" control, we see it as this entity that will save us from anything we see as displeasing. Again, it goes back to taking responsibility for our own actions. Example: We know going in that investing our money in the stock market is a risk, yet, many of us take that risk anyway. However, when things go wrong, and we lose our money and more, we turn to government to find fault in the way our money was invested. I mean, someone had to have cheated me out of my money, right? Well, government will indeed step in and find anything you want them to find, even if they have to make it up. In addition, they'll pass new laws that, in "reality", will give them total control of your money, but "officially", you'll be told that it is to ensure that something like this will have less of a chance happening in the future. Anyway, we are ultimately responsible for the actions of the government. If you want a government to be more involved in personal affairs, that is what you'll get. Personally, i want government to be as our framers created it to be, and nothing more.02-27-2015 03:12 PMLike 0
- Government, in and of itself, is not a problem. The problem arises from our view of government and from the things we expect from government. Instead of viewing it as something that "we" control, we see it as this entity that will save us from anything we see as displeasing. Again, it goes back to taking responsibility for our own actions. Example: We know going in that investing our money in the stock market is a risk, yet, many of us take that risk anyway. However, when things go wrong, and we lose our money and more, we turn to government to find fault in the way our money was invested. I mean, someone had to have cheated me out of my money, right? Well, government will indeed step in and find anything you want them to find, even if they have to make it up. In addition, they'll pass new laws that, in "reality", will give them total control of your money, but "officially", you'll be told that it is to ensure that something like this will have less of a chance happening in the future. Anyway, we are ultimately responsible for the actions of the government. If you want a government to be more involved in personal affairs, that is what you'll get. Personally, i want government to be as our framers created it to be, and nothing more.02-27-2015 03:35 PMLike 0
- I don't think your concerns match up with keeping the internet the way it has always been and not allowing the comcasts of the world alter how quickly we can view the information we want. I don't want them telling me how quickly I can access the sites where I get my information. They have a vested interest in where I get information and what information I get. But we can agree to disagree as well.02-27-2015 04:29 PMLike 0
- I think the question this whole thing begs is whether a company like Comcast, who corners a market and creates an environment barren of competition, should follow guidelines that protect the consumer given the spectrum of users they service.
(And we're talking beyond what the FCC already regulates...I'm talking more in line with guidelines and regulated service cost like this net neutrality is working towards)
And if you say yes...where do you draw the line?02-27-2015 04:37 PMLike 0 -
- Do you have to pay for internet access in your home? Do you have to pay for internet access via your wireless service? The answer is probably "yes". Those who charge you for access to the internet have a vested interest. We started out with dial-up, then we had DSL, then cable and soon fiber optics. Do the companies who invest their time, money and research to bring us faster speeds not have a right to be compensated? We seem to have lost sight of the difference between a right and a privilege. Having access to the internet is a "privilege" and a bigger privilege for the fastest available. Don't think for one second that the government does not have a "vested" interest in this matter because it does. They will eventually "control" it, and don't be naive to think that that's a good thing. Anyway, I'm not trying to bust your chops or anything, and I truly do appreciate your input.02-27-2015 06:26 PMLike 0
- That's the problem, people actually believe that. This administration is all about control. Obamacare is about control not healthcare. Which by the way if it is so good why have so many opted out? Why are the leaders in Washington not on it? It is all a slow push to socialism. The frog in boiling water experiment. It's happens so slow no one even notices.Premium1 likes this.02-27-2015 06:34 PMLike 1
- That's the problem, people actually believe that. This administration is all about control. Obamacare is about control not healthcare. Which by the way if it is so good why have so many opted out? Why are the leaders in Washington not on it? It is all a slow push to socialism. The frog in boiling water experiment. It's happens so slow no one even notices.02-27-2015 06:42 PMLike 0
- So Obama is flipping the bill? And the government employee healthcare is not the same. No paranoia here. The more you depend on the administration the better for them.02-27-2015 06:46 PMLike 0
- It's also caused many places to cut or limit how many hours you can work because of the mandate. I know first hand at my one job they cut the hours for part timers. (it's not my main job, but it was my summer fund job and cut down on the hours I could work) It's not all rainbows and butterflies. I think healthcare is something that is needed, but the way the Government implemented it is wrong, and like others have said is all about control. Obama wants nothing more than total control.02-27-2015 07:12 PMLike 0
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