Oct 11
Shortly after the development of electricity as a viable means of household energy, governments sought to regulate it. Soon every state required electricity providers to get permission from “public utility” commissions. Then came government control over pricing, profits and implementation. Today’s electrical companies are essentially monopolies—with government licenses. Later studies debunked the government arguments—too late. …
Dec 15
“They Trusted Government” It has been one year since the Trump Administration’s FCC overturned the Obama Administration’s FCC program known as “net neutrality.” The concept of “net neutrality” was based on the tired, worn-out idea that government must control and regulate all industries. In all essence, ‘net neutrality’ was a government takeover of the internet. …
Jul 01
During the Obama years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a tyrannical step to take over control of the internet. They called it “net neutrality”–and it was promoted as an idea to equalize internet access and stop evil internet corporations from charging different rates for different streaming speeds. Under the ‘net neutrality’ regulations, internet providers …
Jun 20
Governments routinely try to take over the internet by claiming such things as that internet providers are preparing to charge the poor more than the rich, or slow down the internet access of the poor, or that “terrorists” might soon use the internet to bring down the power grid, shut down the Pentagon, or melt …
Jan 12
The push for a government takeover of the internet, sometimes called “net neutrality,” has been led by socialist government trusters and monster corporations such as Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon. These corporations all claimed that unless the government took over the internet and required all internet providers to obtain licenses, such internet providers might impose …
Jan 04
The heroic Ajit Pai, appointed by Trump as Chairman of the FEC, has been the target of dozens of violent threats. His family has also been threatened. Pai recently led an effort in the FCC to overturn the government’s takeover of the internet which government-trusters called “net neutrality.” At the very meeting of the FCC …
Jan 01
Fortune and other news sources are reporting that the government of Iran is shutting down the internet in cities where there are anti-government protests. (In Iran, internet providers must obtain government permission–similar to the “net neutrality” system proposed by many government-trusters in America.)
Dec 16
Two years ago, the FCC voted (without Congressional authorization) for a government takeover of the internet. Government trusters called it “net neutrality.” Every claim made by the fanatical government trusters behind “net neutrality was false. Advocates offered hypothetical harms and hysterical prophecies; they claimed that evil corporations might soon start discriminating, or censoring, or charging …
Dec 06
The Ultimate Goal is for Government to Become Everyone’s Web Browser and Home Page Governments worldwide are seeking to control the internet. In the U.S., the movement is called “Net Neutrality.” Advocates of “net neutrality” spin fantastical tales of monopolistic corporations pandering to the rich or overcharging the poor for internet access. Of course, such …
Nov 29
by Roger I. Roots, founder and president, Lysander Spooner University In 2016 I was the Libertarian candidate for Montana Secretary of State. I remember receiving a phone call from Corey Stapleton, my Republican opponent. Stapleton begged me to drop out of the race, telling me that he was really libertarian on most issues and that …
