URGENT! OBAMA'S INTERNET TAKEOVER
PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING PETITION
From: Mike Lee <email@protectinternetfreedom.
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:18 PM
Subject: Obama's Internet takeover
Dear Friends,
Obamacare, the VA scandal, the IRS scandal--these are just a few examples of what happens when we give government huge power without oversight.
It's about to happen again--the Obama Administration is fighting for a government takeover of the Internet and the Federal Communications Commission is going to vote on it February 26th. That's why I am writing you today--I need your help to stop this.
President Obama came out a few weeks ago urging the FCC to vote to regulate the Internet the same way that it regulates public utilities under Title II. What this means is that, for the first time, billions of dollars in fees will be attached to Internet service just like they are to telephone service. You see, under Title II if someone wants to own a telephone company, there are fees baked into the law--fees companies pass on to customers.
Now, under this new regulatory regime, Internet service providers will be subject to these fees as well, and then pass them on to you, the consumer. This is essentially a massive tax increase on the middle class, being passed in the dead of night without the American public really being made aware of what is going on.
The Internet is built on speed and dynamism. It’s always changing. There are always new and better ideas that are exploding onto the scene, and part of the reason for that is that innovators are not having to go ask Washington, DC for permission every time they want to do something new.
What this really comes down to is a fundamental question:
Obamacare, the VA scandal, the IRS scandal--these are just a few examples of what happens when we give government huge power without oversight.
It's about to happen again--the Obama Administration is fighting for a government takeover of the Internet and the Federal Communications Commission is going to vote on it February 26th. That's why I am writing you today--I need your help to stop this.
President Obama came out a few weeks ago urging the FCC to vote to regulate the Internet the same way that it regulates public utilities under Title II. What this means is that, for the first time, billions of dollars in fees will be attached to Internet service just like they are to telephone service. You see, under Title II if someone wants to own a telephone company, there are fees baked into the law--fees companies pass on to customers.
Now, under this new regulatory regime, Internet service providers will be subject to these fees as well, and then pass them on to you, the consumer. This is essentially a massive tax increase on the middle class, being passed in the dead of night without the American public really being made aware of what is going on.
The Internet is built on speed and dynamism. It’s always changing. There are always new and better ideas that are exploding onto the scene, and part of the reason for that is that innovators are not having to go ask Washington, DC for permission every time they want to do something new.
What this really comes down to is a fundamental question:
There is another aspect of this that gets overlooked. The Internet is an incredibly important force for freedom, for liberty, and the rights of free speech that we hold dear. It is an existential threat to tyrants in our nation as well as countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia who seek to keep information from their people.
We must preserve the high ground for the United States to stand up to these countries and tell them to keep the Internet free and preserve free speech on the Internet throughout the world. We cannot do that if we are regulating the Internet in a similar manner ourselves.
I am not accusing anyone of sinister motives here, but I am deeply concerned about the idea of any government bureaucrat having the power to tell companies what they can and cannot do. In the long term, this could have a chilling effect on political speech, in ways that today we could not even begin to imagine.
We do not have much time left to stop this gigantic government takeover of the Internet. The FCC is voting on February 26th and the Left is mobilizing to support their effort to do so. We cannot let the conversation be totally one-sided. The FCC needs to hear from us today--not tomorrow or next week or next month. Today.
Please join me and go sign the petition to keep the Internet free.
http://start.protectinternetfreedom.com/?utm_source=CC&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=TPIN& utm_content=v1&utm_campaign=OTakOvrIntrnt&signer=ML&theme=0
We must stand for liberty and preserve the Internet free of government interference.
Thank you for standing for Internet freedom.
Sincerely,
Senator Mike Lee
Republican-Utah
We must preserve the high ground for the United States to stand up to these countries and tell them to keep the Internet free and preserve free speech on the Internet throughout the world. We cannot do that if we are regulating the Internet in a similar manner ourselves.
I am not accusing anyone of sinister motives here, but I am deeply concerned about the idea of any government bureaucrat having the power to tell companies what they can and cannot do. In the long term, this could have a chilling effect on political speech, in ways that today we could not even begin to imagine.
We do not have much time left to stop this gigantic government takeover of the Internet. The FCC is voting on February 26th and the Left is mobilizing to support their effort to do so. We cannot let the conversation be totally one-sided. The FCC needs to hear from us today--not tomorrow or next week or next month. Today.
Please join me and go sign the petition to keep the Internet free.
http://start.protectinternetfreedom.com/?utm_source=CC&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=TPIN& utm_content=v1&utm_campaign=OTakOvrIntrnt&signer=ML&theme=0
We must stand for liberty and preserve the Internet free of government interference.
Thank you for standing for Internet freedom.
Sincerely,
Senator Mike Lee
Republican-Utah
http://start.protectinternetfreedom.com/?utm_source=CC&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=TPIN& utm_content=v1&utm_campaign=OTakOvrIntrnt&signer=ML&theme=0
THE PETITION
Dear Chairman Wheeler,
Internet use and online communication is the scourge of autocratic governments that deny basic freedoms to their people. Internet information has proven to be a spark that creates the fire of freedom in the most oppressive corners of the world.
The Internet is one of the most positive forces for improving the human condition the world has ever known. It is the hub of innovation for the economy in America and the world. It's a source of progress, democratic distribution of information, societal change, personal empowerment and technological innovation.
The attempt by the Obama Administration to control the Internet as a public utility takes power away from consumers, website developers and small business owners and puts it in the hands of Government. This will drive up costs, slow down innovation, and put unelected political appointees in charge of picking winners and losers.
And it will take away America's moral authority to argue that autocratic regimes have no right to assert control of the Internet in their own countries.
Mr. Wheeler, I am signing my name here today, asking that you and your colleagues vote NO on bringing the Internet under Federal Government control.
The Internet is one of the most positive forces for improving the human condition the world has ever known. It is the hub of innovation for the economy in America and the world. It's a source of progress, democratic distribution of information, societal change, personal empowerment and technological innovation.
The attempt by the Obama Administration to control the Internet as a public utility takes power away from consumers, website developers and small business owners and puts it in the hands of Government. This will drive up costs, slow down innovation, and put unelected political appointees in charge of picking winners and losers.
And it will take away America's moral authority to argue that autocratic regimes have no right to assert control of the Internet in their own countries.
Mr. Wheeler, I am signing my name here today, asking that you and your colleagues vote NO on bringing the Internet under Federal Government control.
Sincerely,
Signer
2 comments:
Where oh where is General Ham ?????? We need him NOW.....Please......<3
This is misinformation and fear-mongering from the giant ISP's. Obama is actually supporting Net Neutrality, which will KEEP THE INTERNET THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY. What it will NOT do is let the big ISP's charge extra for "fast lanes", thereby KILLING the free information market that is the current Internet. Support Net Neutrality, and don't fall for fear-mongering spiels like this one.
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