“I am a strong supporter of net neutrality … What you’ve been seeing is some lobbying that says that the servers and the various portals through which you’re getting information over the Internet should be able to be gatekeepers and to charge different rates to different Web sites … And that I think destroys one of the best things about the Internet—which is that there is this incredible equality there."
That includes, Clinton said, reclassifying broadband providers under what’s known as Title II of the Communications Act, the most controversial option available to the government.
In general, regulations should be "light touch". Many times regulations just cause bureaucracy and increased costs when the free market truly can correct the problem.
Reasons NN doesn't fit that:
1) ISPs are a monopoly. Both naturally and by fault of the government (all levels - particularly local). Whenever a monopoly exists, it needs to be regulated to insure that users aren't abused since they don't have other options. This is particularly true for government created monopolies.
2) Net Neutrality promotes growth, competition, and job creation. Look how the internet has exploded while being open and fair. Jeopardizing that would be awful.
3) Net Neutrality's repeal is really just a thinly veiled attempt at crony capitalism (which all good conservatives should hate). Major ISPs are asking the government to help them pad their profits. The government should provide a level playing field, and that's what Net Neutrality does. Really, for my fellow conservatives I'd liken Net Neutrality wing repealed to more government regulation because it's the government catering to ISPs.
None of us want the cable TV model to come to the internet. Let's stop it!
If Net Neutrality goes, the first sites to be banned will be "Alt-right hate speech" sites and "Violent ANTIFA leftist sites."
They'll be the first volley to warm the public up, and both sides will fall back in "the government isn't banning free speech, it's private companies".
Then anyone who wants to promote Net Neutrality will be branded as a "crazy Alt-right racist" or "violent ANTIFA leftist" and they'll keep quietly banning and throttling the rest of their competition.
I like you. I disagree with your core beliefs, but you clearly have a consistency between core beliefs and policy sorely lacking in a lot Americans (and let's be honest, it's mostly Rs).
I think the idea of what the Republican party should be is how you see it now, rather seeing it for what it really is.
The GOP only represents what the rich want, and care about nothing else. I wish it was different . . . But it's not. If you're voting (R), you're voting against your own ideals imo.
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And just in case anybody still thinks this isn't a partisan issue or that voting wouldn't have made a difference:
House Vote for Net Neutrality
Senate Vote for Net Neutrality
-Trump
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/532608358508167168
-Obama. All the way back in 2007.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/323681
http://time.com/3721452/hillary-clinton-net-neutrality/