Yes, “Access to content
online shouldn't be limited by providers,” (Yuma
Sun, November 13, 2014.) However, a much more deadly idea would be to allow
the government to limit access on line.
Laws like
Net Neutrality are always promoted as an attempt to protect the consumer from
the greedy grasp of business, but they invariably end up protecting big
business from little guys with better ideas that threaten BB’s bottom line.
Beware of every “for your
own good” lecture from the powerful both on the left and on the right. It invariably is “for their own good.” The recent health care legislation is just one
more example.
The Affordable Care Act was championed by BG as a bill serving the
people, but instead of serving the people, the President strengthened the big
government-big business collusion.
Everyone is required to buy health insurance, great for insurance
companies. And if insurance companies don’t make a profit, don’t worry. They’ll be subsidized. The job of corporation
commissions across the country is to make sure utility monopolies have a
healthy bottom line. Big corporations are exempt, congress is exempt, the
unions are exempt.
Laws that pretend to protect the little guy actually protect the
powerful, but not only monetarily. They
threaten other freedoms as well.
Cass Sunstein is a case in point. He served as Obama’s chief of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He wrote a book called It’s for your own good. He champions government as the great
protector of the stupid masses. He’s
afraid we’ll all end up “in the ditch.”
To that end he says that the government needs to employ teams of covert agents, “pseudo-
independent advocates,” to infiltrate online groups, websites and activist
groups. Conspiracy theories about the government
should all be discredited, “even
though some of these conspiracy theories will be right.”
Perhaps we have elected a new breed of politicians, but don’t count on it.
Remember power corrupts. It’s one of the most deadly lessons of
history. It is absolutely essential that
Americans renew that 1776 attitude that this is a government of the people, by
the people, for the people.
My prayer is that every citizen adopt Mike Shelton’s attitude toward
politics: “Election Day, mid-terms
and Presidential, is my favorite time of year! It’s my Halloween, Christmas,
and New Years rolled into one! I love the debates, the political commentary,
the lies and the truths. Can't get enough of it! Be sure to vote!”I would add, keep in touch with your representatives. Keep on top of the issues. Don’t let the bustards still your voice.
