After a little thought about today’s nobody-showed-up-to-see-Joe-Biden-in-Erie-PA fiasco….
“Rural broadband build-out” has become a new Golden Calf of Liberalism….
(Note that it says “a” not “the” - it’s just one of them, but a relatively new one….)
Default here to Open Thread….
The FCC is currently in the process of developing a National Broadband strategy. Being that this is under the Obama administration, this strategy is unlikely to be a sensible one. Early word suggests that the administration plans to take the Internet in this country and consolidate it into a single, centralized, government-run entity. ‘Competition’ will be allowed, but only under strict government controls and over government wires. Just like in China.
There’s no coincidence there, either. Obama’s good buddy and source of advice Google is well-acquainted with being a tool of totalitarianism. I’m all for the profit motive in general, but Google lets it trump basic human rights when it does whatever the fascist dictatorship in China tells it to. Google loves it because the reduced competition acts as a subsidy for favored firms such as itself, and now it wants the same to happen in our country through its ‘Net Neutrality’ plan, which the Obama FCC just might start to promote.
Americans for Tax Reform and the Competitive Enterprise Institute held a conference call today to detail their opposition to such efforts.
