Net neutrality "sounds" good, but forcing ISPs to go hat in hand to the feds to bless their service models and innovations will most certainly decrease innovation and competition, increase costs, and slow the expansion of bandwidth, which is the real problem.
IBD on net neutrality

Overreach is guaranteed. For example, the Clean Water Act sounds great, but it's allowing the Corps of Engineers (the levee folks) to fine a farmer millions for tilling his land. Temporary puddles are navigable waters, a plow is a "point source," dirt is a pollutant, and by inadvertently plowing a few areas of his field that sometimes hold water (he avoided most such areas), he has polluted a wetland. Lucky for other farmers, he's got the millions it takes to fight the feds.
Duarte's farm

Even the LA Times recognizes the overreach. If the Corps of Engineers will go this far, imagine what the FCC will do with power to tinker with ISPs.
LA Times article

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Posted by White Bear

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 9:03 pm to CBDTiger

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Net neutrality "sounds" good, but forcing ISPs to go hat in hand to the feds to bless their service models and innovations will most certainly decrease innovation and competition, increase costs, and slow the expansion of bandwidth, which is the real problem. IBD on net neutrality Overreach is guaranteed. For example, the Clean Water Act sounds great, but it's allowing the Corps of Engineers (the levee folks) to fine a farmer millions for tilling his land. Temporary puddles are navigable waters, a plow is a "point source," dirt is a pollutant, and by inadvertently plowing a few areas of his field that sometimes hold water (he avoided most such areas), he has polluted a wetland. Lucky for other farmers, he's got the millions it takes to fight the feds. Duarte's farm Even the LA Times recognizes the overreach. If the Corps of Engineers will go this far, imagine what the FCC will do with power to tinker with ISPs. LA Times article

listen up liberal pro-gov figs.

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Posted by bmy

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Posted on 7/11/17 at 10:03 pm to CBDTiger

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For example, the Clean Water Act sounds great, but it's allowing the Corps of Engineers (the levee folks) to fine a farmer millions for tilling his land. Temporary puddles are navigable waters, a plow is a "point source," dirt is a pollutant, and by inadvertently plowing a few areas of his field that sometimes hold water (he avoided most such areas), he has polluted a wetland

Puddles are not considered Waters of the US. I swear to fricking christ you guys are retarded

The clean water act exempts nearly all normal farming operations in an ongoing agricultural operation. E.g. farmer joe can dam up a stream to irrigate crops or to water cattle without being subject to CWA regulations. This specific guy had an environmental consultant delineate wetlands on his property and fricking ignored him

Has overreach happened a few individual times? Sure. But an a-hole cop screwing up doesn't condemn the acual law/act he thought he was enforcing.

Also.. dirt is clearly a pollutant.

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