Why The FCC Will Probably Ignore The Public On Network Neutrality

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Umm, probably because the FCC has a history of doing whatever the hell it wants?

If history is any indication, everyday citizens will likely continue to have weak influence at the agency. But understanding why citizens continue to have a weak influence points to a much larger tension between federal agencies and the public — and one that we must address if we want our agencies to help restore trust in government and strengthen their civic purpose.
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1. Set yourself up as the only politically palatable "impartial advisers" available to a regulatory body.
2. Make sure every one of these people has "industry experience" (also known as being only concerned about the interests of those being "regulated").
3. Do whatever that industry wants.
4. Profit.

Bonus Points: Any time the regulatory agency even thinks about doing something that might harm the industry in the name of the public interest (e.g. net neutrality) use one or more of the following phrases/words: "government takeover," "socialism," "communism," "free enterprise," "innovation" or "red tape."
 
I'm sure the FCC is unlike all other regulatory bodies that have made the news in recent years, in that they run a tight ship and are controversy free. Nothing will go wrong.
 
Because the reality of American democracy is that you should 'feel' that you count.
As long as you feel like you count, but you actually don't... the goal has been achieved, and all is well.
 
Steve said:
and one that we must address if we want our agencies to help restore trust in government and strengthen their civic purpose.
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restore trust in government?

Never going to happen in today's political environment. Instead we will continue to get bigger less responsive government until it all implodes.

Anyone who could actually restore trust could never get elected.
 
nutzo said:
restore trust in government?

Never going to happen in today's political environment. Instead we will continue to get bigger less responsive government until it all implodes.

Anyone who could actually restore trust could never get elected.
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So very true.
 
FCC does not have the interest of the public in mind.

It is run by former industry lobbyists.

Those in the FCC who aren't former lobbyists, have it in their best interest to schmooze up with industry as much as possible, so they can get jobs once they are done working for the government...

Unless we have a 10 year pre and post ban for working in the industry someone regulates, you can't expect regulation to ever be anything but a sham.

The regulators (regardless of whether it is FCC, FTC, etc. etc.) are never impartial. They sway to one side, and only one side. The side of the industry they regulate.
 
Zarathustra[H];1041145235 said:
FCC does not have the interest of the public in mind.

It is run by former industry lobbyists.

Those in the FCC who aren't former lobbyists, have it in their best interest to schmooze up with industry as much as possible, so they can get jobs once they are done working for the government...

Unless we have a 10 year pre and post ban for working in the industry someone regulates, you can't expect regulation to ever be anything but a sham.

The regulators (regardless of whether it is FCC, FTC, etc. etc.) are never impartial. They sway to one side, and only one side. The side of the industry they regulate.
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Only chance we had for anything to happen was through a court ruling. If the regulatory agencies have anything to do with anything, it will just result in watered down rules full of loop holes placed there by their buddies in industry.
 
Zarathustra[H];1041145238 said:
Only chance we had for anything to happen was through a court ruling. If the regulatory agencies have anything to do with anything, it will just result in watered down rules full of loop holes placed there by their buddies in industry.
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Might as well just disband any and all regulatory agencies in the U.S. at this point, as they are completely and totally ineffective.
 
The Soviet Union was far worse. Farmers guarded farm equipment and parts with guns. Gas was sold out of car trunks. Workers slept thru day jobs and produced goods to sell after closing. New construction was often unlivable.
Party members could shop, workers waited in line for what was available.
Recalls? USSR built the worse cars in the world, and continued to do so.
 
wtourist said:
The Soviet Union was far worse. Farmers guarded farm equipment and parts with guns. Gas was sold out of car trunks. Workers slept thru day jobs and produced goods to sell after closing. New construction was often unlivable.
Party members could shop, workers waited in line for what was available.
Recalls? USSR built the worse cars in the world, and continued to do so.
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You must really live in a happy world. :)
 
They are the Government. They are not here to help us.
 
wtourist said:
The Soviet Union was far worse. Farmers guarded farm equipment and parts with guns. Gas was sold out of car trunks. Workers slept thru day jobs and produced goods to sell after closing. New construction was often unlivable.
Party members could shop, workers waited in line for what was available.
Recalls? USSR built the worse cars in the world, and continued to do so.
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Yeah, don't get me wrong.

Corruption (a lot of it legal!) In the U.S. really bothers me, but it comes nowhere close to either Soviet or current day Russia. In fact, all of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China) have HORRIBLE corruption. As many problems as we have, we look AMAZING by comparison.

Most of western Europe and Japan is similar to us corruption wise. Canada, the Scandinavian nations, Switzerland and Australia are about the only countries that do better.

This map of 2013 corruption indices should be helpful.
 
Red Falcon said:
The Soviet Union wasn't this corrupt.
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Socialism and Communism were all about the cronyism. Serfdom for a post industrial world where sectors of the economy, instead of lands, are carved up and given as patronage appointments to fellow bureaucrats.

Today here we do the same but the cronies are the stockholders and CEO's of corporations. What we've become is More like the extreme socialist models but converging from a different direction and a false fascade of capitalism.

We kept our freedom, real freedom, not the mockery of freedom the statist have brought us and turn around and mock because we prevented centralization of powers. We use to have a divided government with a seperation of powers, but political parties are more powerful and have nullified that protection. We use to have a reasonsble seperation of business and government, by now boolstered by cries of regulation and cronism/corruption, they are being merged.
 
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