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GOP Tech Platform: Give More Spectrum to AT&T and Verizon

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Okay, I consider myself a conservative-leaning independant, but the GOP is really starting to piss me off lately. They lack any and all substance, saying one thing, but doing the oppposite (running on "liberty and freedom" while pushing censorship, loudly proclaiming the benefits of of competition while supporting monopolies, heralding lower taxes while actually raising them, etc.). Their dedication to rhetoric over policy can be seen in their nomination of Mitt Romney. John Huntsman Jr. would be a president that Romney could never hope to be in a million years. I would argue that he would rival Obama, if not to be slightly better.

Sorry, whose taxes did the GOP raise in the last decade?

Well, they tried by letting the payroll tax expire this last year, but caved after realizing it was a huge PR fiasco. What also gets me is that looking forward, they want to push some middle class tax hikes. I get it that the "rich" pay a LOT of taxes, but the already wealthy aren't really known to be leading the forefront of innovation. If anything we should just leave things as they are, or a slight increase on the upper earners to maintain middle class rates as much as possible.

Which middle class tax hikes have been proposed? President Obama is using a "study" which claims that to fulfill all his campaign promises, Romney will have to raise middle class taxes, but that's not the same thing. It would be as if I'd claimed in 2008 that Obama would have to raise middle class taxes to fulfill his pledge to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. What happened with that, anyway?

> running on "liberty and freedom" while pushing censorship

The Democrats are usually paid more by Hollywood than Republicans. During the SOPA fiasco, the GOP was considering turning the bill into a wedge issue for the election.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/01/throwing-hollywoo...

If you're talking about their net neutrality stance, there are plenty of people skeptical of net neutrality who aren't just in it for Comcast to eat our souls.

True, but implementing a national firewall à la China to stop pornography? I don't care how objectionable the material is; once something like that is in place it's bound to be misused.

In the interest of fairness, minority whip Palosi, Obama, and many other Democrats were against SOPA as well. It was Wyden (D. OR) that placed a Senate Hold on PIPA.

Ron Paul opposed all legislation... ever. (/s)

Amazing how lazy wireless companies are. http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/14/3/033001/article

Are you an RF engineer?

No. I have engineered wireless radios, and I've taken enough engineering to know that the "bandwidth problem" is a hoax made up by the wireless companies. Radio spectrum is not an issue, but they like to drum it up to prevent competition and camp other spectrum. AT&T and Verizon would rather have monopolies than deliver better services through research and investment.

You sir, are correct. If you have an interest in disrupting telecom, let me know. I am part a start up looking to crush them.

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