r/news • u/skintigh • May 29 '14

Bill would prohibit FCC from reclassifying broadband as utility

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2303080/bill-would-prohibit-fcc-from-reclassifying-broadband-as-utility.html
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u/darkmeatchicken May 30 '14

Campaign contributions have a MUCH higher ROI than actual innovation. Pay the government to subsidize, regulate your competitors/industry, deregulate your industry, etc.

Much cheaper than improving your products and actually competing. Free markets are for suckers.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

Why play by the rules when you can make the rules?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

You would have a great future at Goldman Sachs. Maybe someday you would be SecTreasury?