Say Goodbye to Net Neutrality....

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Thanks to Trump and the Republicans, who love to lick the backside of corporate America at the (very real) expense of American consumers, we'll all be paying more for internet services in the months and years ahead--more for less, probably. There are only four national internet providers--and they will soon be free to do what they want in a market with not-very-much competition. Thanks, gang! Well done....

FCC plans total repeal of net neutrality rules - POLITICO
 
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Good thing they didn't repeal anti-trust law. We're still protected, bro.

Remember the desert wasteland that was the internet in 2015? Yeah, me neither. I think we can survive under 2015 rules.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Good thing they didn't repeal anti-trust law. We're still protected, bro.

Remember the desert wasteland that was the internet in 2015? Yeah, me neither. I think we can survive under 2015 rules.
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This is the funny thing about these regulatory roll-backs. Team Obama went hardcore in amping regulation, Trump is rolling back to what we had before Obama and people act like we're going all Thunderdome.
 
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It's amazing the internet even got to this point of incredible success without net-neutrality. The horror
 
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volinbham said:
This is the funny thing about these regulatory roll-backs. Team Obama went hardcore in amping regulation, Trump is rolling back to what we had before Obama and people act like we're going all Thunderdome.
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what caused the massive recession of 2007--lack of regulation of the financial sector. Regs put in place to prevent a recurrence, but regs will be rolled back by Trump and GOP. Consumer protection is a good thing--perhaps you missed the giant Wells Fargo scandal. Conservatives are always a scream--always caterwauling about Guv'mint while their pants are being pulled and their wallets emptied by corporate America. Regs tend to be put in place for good reasons--same with environment, etc.
 
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armchair said:
what caused the massive recession of 2007--lack of regulation of the financial sector. Regs put in place to prevent a recurrence, but regs will be rolled back by Trump and GOP. Consumer protection is a good thing--perhaps you missed the giant Wells Fargo scandal. Conservatives are always a scream--always caterwauling about Guv'mint while their pants are being pulled and their wallets emptied by corporate America. Regs tend to be put in place for good reasons--same with environment, etc.
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It's not what "caused" it. At best you can guess and say it wouldn't have happened with the right kind of regulation. It's much more accurate to say it was caused (in part) by government intervention.
 
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armchair said:
what caused the massive recession of 2007--lack of regulation of the financial sector. Regs put in place to prevent a recurrence, but regs will be rolled back by Trump and GOP. Consumer protection is a good thing--perhaps you missed the giant Wells Fargo scandal. Conservatives are always a scream--always caterwauling about Guv'mint while their pants are being pulled and their wallets emptied by corporate America. Regs tend to be put in place for good reasons--same with environment, etc.
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1. straw man. 2007 was a housing issue, not the internet.
2. the regulations placed made the big corporations even more powerful as it kept out small players. which is actually what happened in 2007, so much of the bad debt ended up in too few hands.
3. you are also forgetting that, at least for now I don't think the case is closed, Trump's admin is actually blocking a big merger of AT&T and someone else. you know keeping that mega corp you hate so much from getting even worse.
 
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armchair said:
what caused the massive recession of 2007--lack of regulation of the financial sector. Regs put in place to prevent a recurrence, but regs will be rolled back by Trump and GOP. Consumer protection is a good thing--perhaps you missed the giant Wells Fargo scandal. Conservatives are always a scream--always caterwauling about Guv'mint while their pants are being pulled and their wallets emptied by corporate America. Regs tend to be put in place for good reasons--same with environment, etc.
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STFU.......that is all......
 
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armchair said:
what caused the massive recession of 2007--lack of regulation of the financial sector. Regs put in place to prevent a recurrence, but regs will be rolled back by Trump and GOP. Consumer protection is a good thing--perhaps you missed the giant Wells Fargo scandal. Conservatives are always a scream--always caterwauling about Guv'mint while their pants are being pulled and their wallets emptied by corporate America. Regs tend to be put in place for good reasons--same with environment, etc.
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Your first sentence invalidates your entire tirade.
 
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One thing is guaranteed. If the Right is pushing it it will cost average Americans more money for less or worse service. The money will end up in the hands of the wealthiest corporations whose officers will receive huge bonuses paid for with the newly acquired wealth. Just another Right wing scheme to keep money flowing to the top.
 
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MT LeConte said:
One thing is guaranteed. If the Right is pushing it it will cost average Americans more money for less or worse service. The money will end up in the hands of the wealthiest corporations whose officers will receive huge bonuses paid for with the newly acquired wealth. Just another Right wing scheme to keep money flowing to the top.
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If the left pushes something, its always to take from the working and give to the lazy. Keep up that socialistic dream.
 
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Ajit being a former big time lawyer for Verizon makes this seem like it just to make someone a F ton of money. This is one of those issues I would actually consider fighting with protest
 
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Funny. I seem to recall Democrats like Wild Bill Clinton and Barney Fwank wanting to make mortgages easier to get by those in their voting base that couldn't afford them. Something called sub-prime loans. Maybe it was all just a dream.

Then there was this other thing called Glass-Steagall that Gramm-Leach-Bliley got rid of... I can't quite make out who's signature is on that thing. Bill Clifton? Bob Clinton? Maybe I was hallucinating.
 
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Orangeblood98' said:
Ajit being a former big time lawyer for Verizon makes this seem like it just to make someone a F ton of money. This is one of those issues I would actually consider fighting with protest
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I suggest you read the article I posted with an open mind and see if still feel this way.
 
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