Good. Only about 30 more states to go.
Now, when someone asks, “New Jersey, What Exit?” You have one fewer answers.
Category: Legislation
Municipal Wi-Fi and Broadband Bans Overturned in Senate Markup
There are a number of states in which the pig felching greedheads in the phone companies have managed to make municipal broadband and WI-Fi illegal, and a number of other states where they are trying to.
We have good news, the Senate Commerce Committee has passed a bill out to the floor that overturns these laws with broad bipartisan support.
Bad news is that there is no similar effort right now in the house, so call your congresscritter, and tell them to support the Community Broadband Act.
Charles Rangel Unveils Massive Tax Overhaul
Truth be told, this tax proposal is clearly more of an opening salvo than anything else. It serves a number of purposes:
- It is a revenue neutral proposal which lowers taxes on over half the polulation, which is good politics.
- It will reinforce the meme that the current tax system is broken.
- It shows how many tax loopholes the fat cats get.
- It puts the Republicans on defense, so now they can’t just mindlessly parrot “keep Bush’s tax cuts”.
This is probably the most important single bill we will see this session (Yes, I know about the war, and the warrentless wiretaps). To the degree that we increase the cost of obscene remuneration, we make it occur less frequently, and this reshapes our society.
The new gilded age we live in is largely an artifact of the social repercussions of the tax plans enacted by Reagan, Bush, and Bush.