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Re: FCC should have won said by OldschoolDSL:I'm normally not the kind of person who thinks we should give The Government more power, but this is one time The FCC was trying to do some good. Someone needs to keep big business honest! I'm sorry, but I have to make a comment on this one in particular because what you said and how you said it represents SOOOO much what is wrong in government today.
First of all, I'm with you on that we should not be giving the government more power; I'm ALL the way behind you on that one. But, where you lost me on this one is "the FCC was trying to do some good"... Simple enough - if it's not their job, and they don't have the authority, then they have NO BUSINESS 'trying' to do anything, even if it's "for the good"... in a sense, you ARE trying to give the government more power..
Here, in my opinion, is what's simple about this. The government already has all the power it will ever need, have, want, can use, etc. The government HAS the ability to have all the power is wants up to what the constitution will allow - anything after that, the people have to grant them and I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon.
But, JUST becuase this is something that is of importance to your (ie: this comcast situation you felt the FCC was doing 'good' with) doesn't mean that a government agency, that lacks the authority to do anything about in the first place, isn't the place to turn for the solution. That's almost like building a house and asking the plumber to pick up the painter's brush to help get the painting done; you just don't do that... it's why you have the painter who is charged with that work performing it in the first place.
If we ALLOW parts of government to get involved in something they don't have the authority to do so in the first place, then we lose aspect of good governance and we start having a form of anarchy in our own government. We don't like it when our President takes powers that he/she doesn't have (say that just in case Hillary were to ever win. haha) and we don't like it when our Federal Congress takes over powers from the states, do we?
My point is - if it's not the FCC's job, in this case, and it's the job of Congress, then WE THE PEOPLE need to put pressure on our representation to get it done, and not celebrate an agency who has no authority to make changes JUST BECAUSE its something you agreed with, in this case... see what I'm saying?
That "someone" that needs to keep big business "honest" exists out there - and it's not the FCC in this case..
On a side note, but somewhat related.. what really has gone wrong with government in this country is not the government themselves, they're doing exactly as they believe they should.. it's WE THE PEOPLE. WE have stopped holding our elected officials accountable for their actions. Our form of government USED to be that the people would dictate and communicate LOUDLY in public gatherings and have expectations on those we elected. Today, however, government goes like this: Some people want to run for office, we listen to them, we vote, they get elected, we go about our own lives and bitch to each other when they slap us in the face.. Government has become more like the NFL and football teams.. we hope they play the game right, and when they don't, we bitch to our friends; we don't go to the players on the team and tell them where they F'd up.. |
