 | Obama regime taking over another industry? Wants to give wireless internet access to all AmericansScotty Starnes | February 10, 2011 at 4:03 PM | Tags: Barack Obama, FCC, Internet, internet takeover, Obama, Obama regime, President Obama, wireless internet | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-4oq |
Looks like taking over the auto (GM bailouts), education (college loans), banking (financial regulations), energy (EPA regulations), mortgage (HAMP), food (childhood obesity) and health care (ObamaCare) industries wasn't enough. Now the Obama regime is still lusting for the takeover of the internet. The FCC has been stopped by the courts, for now, so the regime is now taking the steps to give all Americans wireless internet access. Some believe access to the internet is a civil right. The takeover of the internet is this administration's goal.
The Washington Post reports:
President Obama is to unveil a plan Thursday to bring wireless high-speed Internet access to all Americans, a goal the administration says is key to the country's ability to compete globally in the years to come.
In an afternoon speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Obama is to explain how he plans to bring mobile broadband connections to 98 percent of the American people in five years, a goal announced last month during his State of the Union address.
The administration has touted the ability of wireless broadband connections to transform local economies and the way schools, doctors and utility companies operate.
"It's an economic story of empowerment," White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said in a conference call with journalists Wednesday. "Rural stakeholders see this as a critical piece to participate in the 21st-century economy."
But some public interest groups say the goal will be difficult to achieve, and they question the amount of money being tapped to build wireless broadband networks, as the high costs of access to the Web through a smartphone or tablet is becoming increasingly out of reach for the poor.
Obama will announce more than $18 billion in federal funds for his wireless goals. About $5 billion currently being used for rural phone subsidies would be repurposed to build cell towers and backhaul networks to towns without mobile broadband services. Fire, police and other emergency responders would get $10.7 billion in federal support to build a mobile Internet network that allows them to communicate and exchange videos and e-mail. An additional $3 billion would go to research and development for wireless technologies that can be used for education, health care and energy.
The administration is betting on the success of radiowave auctions to pay for some of the projects. It hopes to raise about $27.8 billion for the Treasury.
The rest will come from taxpayers in the form of higher taxes and higher internet costs.
The administration says some of the balance of funds - about $10 billion - would help reduce the federal deficit.
This is the same administration that wants to make it easier to wiretap the internet; create internet identifications for Americans; and whose FCC wants to enforce net-neutrality. The same administration that is close to Google who just happened to admit they stole people's emails, passwords and IP addresses.
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