Don't buy the propoganda coming from the DLC lately

[jeff47]

18. So much wrong in one post.

It's actually quite impressive.

but when you have the recent events unfolding it makes the current administration look like they are out of touch with the current paradigm of our socio-economic reality.

Damn them for trying to raise the minimum wage!!!!!!

Oh wait....

Government is supposed to be helping the common average citizen not tearing them down with tolls on federal highways which our taxes already go for.

More money needs to be raised in order to pay for road maintenance. The House won't pass any tax increases, and gerrymandering means Republicans have little to fear about that stand. Potholes need to be filled now, not after 2022.

What, specifically, should they do instead? Keep in mind your proposal must pass the House.

It is bad enough that Nestle has a permit from the state of Florida to sell drinking water already paid for by the taxpayers

This example of horrible DLCers is actions of a Republican legislature and Republican governor.

Why, exactly, is this the fault of Democrats?

why do we need an online ID when we have static IP addresses in the U.S. as far as I know

Because we don't have static IP addresses. Static IPs are generally not available on consumer-grade Internet service. You either have to pay an extra fee, or buy commercial-grade Internet service for a static IP.

But let's pretend you do have a static IP at home. How does that identify you when you use the Internet from somewhere other than home? A password? Pretty easy to steal via keylogger...or post-it note stuck to your desk.

Fixing that is expensive. Companies pay a lot of money to hand out tokens like these. The idea behind an online ID is to do something similar but make it available to everyone instead of just the companies that can afford to pay RSA or DigiPass a large pile of cash.

and we have driver licenses that is already in the homeland security database?

Thanks to Republican paranoia, there is no national driver's license database. There are 50 state databases.

In addition, a document that shows you can drive a car really isn't useful for identifying yourself on the Internet.

Net neutrality is becoming a fading reality and the DC elite in their bubble of glory don't see anything wrong with this?

The court ruling gives the FCC only two options: Common carrier or no net neutrality. Common carrier does a lot more than just net neutrality. If the FCC declares ISPs to be common carriers, you can guarantee our Internet service will be upgraded as fast as our home phone service - which goes about 40 years without a significant upgrade.

What the FCC needs is new law that gives the FCC a new category that ensures net neutrality without the baggage that comes with common carrier. But until such a law passes, their choice is either cripple all Internet speeds, or limit the damage of losing net neutrality.