What legislation the infamous 111th Congress couldn’t pass, the imperial presidency of Barack Obama will do through the Marxist – Hydra monster that is the federal bureaucracy. The FCC has stated they will regulate the internet without the consent of Congress and in defiance of the federal judiciary. Rasmussen conducted a poll, and the American people overwhelmingly are against federal intervention:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 21% of Likely U.S. Voters want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet as it does radio and television. Fifty-four percent (54%) are opposed to such regulation, and 25% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey was conducted shortly after the FCC decided on a party line vote to impose so-called “net neutrality” regulations on the Internet world. Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly oppose FCC regulation of the Internet, while Democrats are more evenly divided. Those who use the Internet most are most opposed to FCC regulations.
Now, the EPA has deemed Texas and several other states unfit to regulate their own industries. Notice the list below, almost all of them are red states. Does anyone suspect political retribution?
AUSTIN — The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday effectively declared Texas unfit to regulate its own greenhouse gas emissions and took over carbon dioxide permitting of any new or expanding industrial facilities starting Jan. 2.
The EPA also set up a framework for regulating greenhouse gas emissions in seven other states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon and Wyoming. In addition, the agency set a timetable on establishing regulated levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
Governor Perry states that the unnecessary restrictions would kill jobs. That doesn’t seem to be a problem for Obama and his Marxist minions. Multinational companies such as Caterpillar, UPS and DuPont are expanding their overseas operations where business is good and far away from the tyranny of federal bureaucrats:
More than half of the 15,000 people that Caterpillar Inc. has hired this year were outside the U.S. UPS is also hiring at a faster clip overseas. For both companies, sales in international markets are growing at least twice as fast as domestically.
The trend helps explain why unemployment remains high in the United States, edging up to 9.8 percent last month, even though companies are performing well: All but 4 percent of the top 500 U.S. corporations reported profits this year, and the stock market is close to its highest point since the 2008 financial meltdown.
But the jobs are going elsewhere. The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, says American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas this year, compared with less than 1 million in the U.S. The additional 1.4 million jobs would have lowered the U.S. unemployment rate to 8.9 percent, says Robert Scott, the institute's senior international economist.
Democrats say they’re all for liberty; just not economic liberty.
Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7352160.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40827123/ns/business-us_business/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2010/just_21_want_fcc_to_regulate_internet_most_fear_regulation_would_promote_political_agenda
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