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Less Government = More and Faster Internet
You want more of…anything?
Make sure government doesn’t get anywhere near it.
As the late, inordinately great economist Milton Friedman noted:
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert – in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.”
The Internet has been a thing – for about thirty years.
Here in the US – the Internet has been an anomaly in the otherwise meteoric move to infinite government. It’s been an oasis – in an ever-expanding government desert.
During almost none of our Internet’s time has there been in place heavy-handed Net Neutrality regulations – for which the Left has endlessly clamored.
Biden’s Call to Restore Net Neutrality: What You Should Know
What you should know is: It is exceedingly stupid.
During almost none of our Internet’s time has the Internet been a Title II service: A heavy-handed broader regulatory framework – for which the Left has endlessly clamored.
Title II Is the Best Way to Protect the Internet. Period
What you should know is: That, too, is exceedingly stupid. The Internet seems to be pretty well protected – as is.
For almost the entirety of our Internet’s time – our Internet has instead been a Title I service: A very-light-handed regulatory framework.
Meanwhile: With what do Internet providers have to work in the US? LOTS of challenges. (So let’s not have the government add even more, eh?) (more…)
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