You asserted, "at the very least, I think everyone can agree that they have no business (at all) being in a payroll tax bill."
Mike,
I know that most people call it the "payroll tax bill" but under the U.S. Constitution Article I Section 7: "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." The spectrum provisions you mention directly effect the amount the U.S. can raise in revenues for the US Treasury.
Thus constitutionally, they have a basis for being in this bill.
respectfully,
Scott Cleland, NetCompetition.org
check the constitution...
Mike,
I know that most people call it the "payroll tax bill" but under the U.S. Constitution Article I Section 7: "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." The spectrum provisions you mention directly effect the amount the U.S. can raise in revenues for the US Treasury.
Thus constitutionally, they have a basis for being in this bill.
respectfully,
Scott Cleland, NetCompetition.org
Google's lack of search neutrality
With all due respect, I had to challenge your head-in-the-sand views on Google's lack of search neutrality. see my post: http://precursorblog.com/content/mr-masnick-ostriching-search-neutraltiy
Scott Cleland
Precursor LLC
Publisher GoogleMonitor.com, and Googleopoly.net
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