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CincyDem

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6. Privatize Profit, Socialize Losses

Reply to marym625 (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:29 PM

Feb 2015

No issue with the internet being supported with tax dollars for decades of development and early growth. But once someone figured out how to "monetize" it, well...time to turn it over to corporations to reap the profits.

At the same time, when we have business that haven't quite figured out how to live with the consequences of their actions (banks)...we need to socialize their losses via a bailout.

Anyone who doesn't think this is a textbook oligopoly isn't paying attention.

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Republicans already starting fight to stop new FCC rules on net neutrality [View all] marym625 Feb 2015 OP

If this hadn't been.. sendero Feb 2015 #1

I agree, that needs to be made public marym625 Feb 2015 #2

Final rules are not public until they are published. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #3

I understand that but marym625 Feb 2015 #4

When it's published it's final. But not until then. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #5

Privatize Profit, Socialize Losses CincyDem Feb 2015 #6

That's for damn sure marym625 Feb 2015 #8

It's the repuke way. hifiguy Feb 2015 #10

Newsmax had an article today: 7 Reasons Net Neutrality Threatens Your Freedom SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #7

I saw that marym625 Feb 2015 #9

Slavery is Freedom hifiguy Feb 2015 #11

+1 marym625 Feb 2015 #12