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The Democratic majority in Congress is up to their old tricks -- taxing and regulating. Democratic leaders are blocking legislation that would stop new and discriminatory taxes on the Internet. There has been a mor More..atorium on such taxes on the Internet since the 1990s when the Republicans were running Congress. But Democrats like taxes and they see new taxes on the Internet as a potential gold mine. Just remember, however, the gold Democrats want to mine will come from your pockets.
Additionally, Democrats in Congress are pushing the so-called Net-Neutrality regulation of the Internet. Those supporting Net-Neutrality regulation say they simply want to make sure that the internet is available to everyone on an equal basis. But that isn’t currently a problem and it isn’t likely to become one. The Internet isn’t perfect. But there is not a problem with a lack of openness on the Internet. Thus, Net-Neutrality is a solution in search of a problem.
Not much has changed since Ronald Reagan said that liberal’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” That is precisely what the Democratic leadership is trying to do to the Internet. They want to tax it and regulate it. Once they have slowed technological advances and the investment of billions of dollars in new Internet infrastructure, they will gladly tax you more so that they can subsidize and revive the very thing they killed off with their taxes and regulation in the first place.
The Democrat’s plan is bad for taxpayers and worse for consumers. It will cost consumers money now and taxpayers later. To make matters worse, it will slow the growth and expansion of new technology. The Internet has grown dramatically in the last decade -- in no small part due to the fact that government has kept its hands off the Internet. As a result, the Internet is no longer just a way to read the news or send e-mail. We can listen to music, radio, television, and movies via the Internet. We can do banking and send photos from our camera to the photo store. The Internet is the world’s largest reference library. It even provides an alternative for cheaper phone service and the ability to call all over the world for only a few pennies a minute. This didn’t happened because of Democratic regulation. It happened because entrepreneurs were permitted to invest, test and deploy new technologies. And we are all winners as a result.
Net Neutrality is a great name. Who could be against neutrality on the Internet?
