I thought maybe you were cool deep down, McCain
I was wrong.
McCain is looking to block Net Neutrality with the “Internet Freedom Act.” Now this sounds an awful lot like Net Neutrality and I’m 100% sure it was designed to do just that and confuse people. What they really mean is freedom for the corporations to do whatever they want with the internet. Maybe Comcast will start a tier system. Basic internet for $60. Oh you want to watch videos? You’re going to need the expanded package that’s $100. Oh and you have to watch the video on our site because we don’t support Hulu. The only thing keeping Comcast and all the other ISP’s from doing just this, is the fear that it will end in net neutrality laws being passed. Now, if this “Internet Freedom (for corporate America) Act” is passed, then that fear is removed. Is McCain for the people or for Corporate America? Republicans keep talking about how they work for the people, but their actions time and time again prove otherwise.
Thankfully, Obama likes net neutrality and it is one of his higher priorites, so I’m not too worried. It’s still just such a slap in the face from McCain.
Edit:
I feel like I need to explain myself a bit more. The main argument in this “Internet Freedom Act” is that government shouldn’t be allowed to control the internet. Ummm… yes, they should. Much like the goverment controls our roadways they should be able to control the pipes that carry our internet traffic. What if GM built it’s own roads? And then only let it’s own cars use it or charged other people with other makes of cars money to use their roads? The fact is that goverment NEEDS to control certain things. If people are so anti-goverment, then stop using roads, going to national parks, borrowing from the library, and stop using the internet. The goverment… The U.S. government created the Internet. It’s all right here. One of the greatest invetions of our time came from a goverment program. But I digress.
If anyone can come up with a valid argument as to why corporations should control roadways, then yes, by all means lets close up the internet and let the corporations decide how we should use it.
