INDEX
- Call for Sunshine Week: "Just Give Us The Earmark Data" (CFA Site »)
- PA-12 Special Election Update: Tim Burns Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- How Government Accounting Works
- ATRF Analysis: The Importance of International Tax Competition
- How Tax Preparation "Simplification" Will Lead to Tax Hikes
- GAO: Implementation of Coburn-Obama Still Lacking in Some Areas (CFA Site »)
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Latest Developments In The Fight To Stop A Govt Internet Takeover
- State of Illinois Launches Sunshine Portal (CFA Site »)
- China Buys Our Debt, We Give Them Renewable Energy Stimulus Jobs...Seems About Right
- ATR Urges Governor McDonnell to Sign Bill to Abolish State Run Tax Preparation
- Saving the Sea Turtles...But at What Cost? (PRA Site »)
- Craig Miller Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in FL-24
- Next Week is Sunshine Week! (CFA Site »)
- The Economics of #StimulusFail
- Missouri Unions and Andy Stern on the Same Page: Raise Taxes (AWF Site »)
- Obamacare, Free Trade, & Our Economic Prosperity
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Rusty Bowers Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for AZ-01 Race
- Ask Your Virginia Legislator to Vote "NO" on Any Budget Containing Higher Taxes
-
ATR Supports H.R. 4781, the
"Keeping American Businesses
Competitive Act of 2010" - Stimulus Dollars Are Taking You for A Ride - On Greyhound Buses (CFA Site »)
- Ronald Reagan Legacy Project Urges Naming of California High School After Reagan
- Democrats Attempt to Subvert Congress in Hopes of Carbon Regulation
- Economic Issues Dominate at the Bloggers Briefing
- Pushback Against EPA’s Attempts to Regulate Carbon Emissions Grows
- Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Running on a Platform of Tax Hikes
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Michigan Jobs Ain't What They Used To Be...Unless You Work For The Government
- ATR and CFA Support Earmark Moratorium
- Voter Fraud in the Name of Tax Hikes
- Ballooning Deficits in Greece Foreshadowing Future for the U.S.? (ASA Site »)
- Green Jobs FAIL
- The Evergreen Tax and Fee Spree
- ATR Staffer Testifies Before U.S. House Energy & Commerce Select Committee
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- The endemic rot in government run health care
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out
- The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda
- We Ought Focus On Cutting Taxes & Spending, Not Deficits
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla (AWF Site »)
-
Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax
Apply to Capital Gains? - ATR Urges Opposition to Sen. Isakson Pension Bailout
- Taxpayers to Legislators: Clean Virginia Budget of Taxes
- ATR Supports the Georgia JOBS Act
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- ATR Urges Utah Governor Herbert to Veto Tax Increase
- More on the VAT
- Public Sector Jobs
- How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike
- How Obamacare Will Hurt Poor Women & Children Most
- Federal Workers Make $11,000 More Than Private Sector Workers, and There’s More of Them (AWF Site »)
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Legislation Introduced to Put Ronald Reagan on the $50 Bill
- Pledge Signer Wins Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Primary
- "Net Neutrality" To Kill Jobs
- NY Supreme Court Votes to Evict Residents and Close Businesses (PRA Site »)
- California US Senate Candidates Square Off in First Debate
Friday, March 5, 2010
- ATR and CFA Support the Spending Limit Amendment
- Utah Representative Breaks Tax Pledge
- AWF Will Rate Vote on House Jobs Bill (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Use it or Lose it Tax
Thursday, March 4, 2010
- The reliability of spending "estimates"
- Utah State Senator Tries to Sweeten Tax Hike with Pork
- Obama Administration Makes Attempt to Seize Millions of Acres Across America (PRA Site »)
- More "Stimulus" Boondoggles - Social Engineering and Lobbying for Higher Taxes
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Raises Taxes on Tertiary Injectants
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- Is This Reality or a Science Fiction Dystopia?
- Andy Stern Update: US Attorney Reviewing Case & Obama Appoints Stern to Debt Panel
- Texans: Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?
- AWF Asks White House to Take Position on Andy Stern Investigation After Appointment to Debt Panel (AWF Site »)
- AWF Continues Andy Stern Investigation (AWF Site »)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Superfund Tax Reinstated
Monday, March 1, 2010
The FCC's War On Freedom
From Tim Andrews on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:53 PM
For quite some time, Americans for Tax Reform has repeatedly raised concerns about the disturbing trend in the current administration to stifle free speech.
These fears are echoed today in a short article written by Scott Cleland, Chairman of NetCompetition.org. Mr. Cleland states that:
“The FCC is effectively declaring “open season” on well-established Internet freedoms. It is perversely providing legitimacy, justification and political cover forundemocratic countries like China and Iran to hunt down dissidents online and censor free speechwhile using the Orwellian doublespeak of regulating to “preserve an open Internet.” Undemocratic regimes are always looking for “openings” and excuses to further crack down on their people’s freedom of speech and assembly. Surely, the FCC must appreciate that internationally, actions speak louder than words.”
He – justifiably – concludes that the United States risks losing all the online freedoms it has achieved if this radical policy is passed, and will give succor to undemocratic totalitarian regimes worldwide. All to satisfy the hard-left command-and-control ideology of some diehards in the Administration.
Related Articles
PA-12 Special Election Update: Tim Burns Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge - Monday, March 15, 2010 1:21 PM
How Government Accounting Works - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:59 AM
The Final Battle on Health Care: Everything You Need to Know - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:36 AM
ATRF Analysis: The Importance of International Tax Competition - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:24 AM
Latest Developments In The Fight To Stop A Govt Internet Takeover - Friday, March 12, 2010 6:19 PM
Comments
You are all still missing the point, I swear this is the last time I am going to write, (I know I have said that on every post you make about net neutrality, but this time I am totally cereal). We need net neutrality because without it Comcast might make a deal with LolCatz and then they will only allow me to be able to visit LolCatz. They are funny and all, but how will I live without being able to visit 4chan, check my myspace, and download pirated movies on bit torrent? I know I COULD get a another provider or even get a 3G card from a cell phone company, but Comcast has a natural monopoly on Comcast internet service in my area and the government needs to regulate it before we are all stuck with LolCatz.
>> Matt Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:24 PM
How can something so intrusive be a "good" and "needed" thing? If the government has the ability to control the internet, to the extent that they can decide what sites can even exist?? This is crazy; and what I find so ridiculous is that the liberals who spent years criticizing the previous administration for infirnging on freedom of speech, is now virtually silent on this issue... stunning.
>> Joe Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:42 PM
Has anyone ever "cooked" a live frog? A live frog will jump right out of a pot of boiling water and never feel a thing. To do this, put the frog in lukewarm water where he feels at home. He'll lay there feeling good. As the heat rises, he’s still happy. Soon, Mr. Frog gets weak from the warmer water. Shortly after this, Mr. Frog becomes extremely passive and will lose all consciousness as he cooks away in his now steaming little bath of boiling water. You lose your freedoms just like the frog loses his life: one damn step at a time. Wake up America! We were founded on vocalized principles! Ensure your vocal opinion continues and let the debate continue. When the time comes, get your ass off the couch and vote!!!
>> Darrell Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:14 PM