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Friday, January 16, 2015

White House Claims Power to Regulate, Tax Internet Without Congress

The White House dropped a bombshell on Thursday byannouncing that FCC already has the authority to take over regulating and taxing the Internet without Congressional approval.

Under “network neutrality” proceedings, the FCC could extend its 16.1% fee on interstate telecommunications services and relay fees to the Internet. The action would more than double the “universal service” revenue it collected in 2014, from $8 billion to $16 billion.

Although Congress has mandated the general nature of the federal universal service fund and telecommunications relay services, it is the FCC that has the sole authority to set the budget size and the fee structure to perform its regulatory mandate.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is why we need MASSIVE CUTS in allot of illegal government money pits,.....cut cut.. cut..not tax tax tax..these fools have borrowed and spent us into oblivion

lmclain said...

These self-inflated, self-appointed monarchs CANNOT stop raising fines, fees, surcharges, and taxes.
How much do they have to do before "we, the people" say "ENOUGH!!"?
We have went from first to worst (see next article) in so many ways, Jefferson and Franklin would puke if they saw what we have allowed to happen. Allowed IS the right term.
Keep cheering.