I am radical. Left of left. Socialist, but not Marxist. I am actually fond of having the state in competition with private interests in the marketplace. My favorite example is having UPS and the USPS offering competing services. It's a win win that works well. I wish we had that sort of thing for health insurance, medical services, etc.
And almost everyone seems to recognize that it is a good idea to have state regulation in the case of limited resources, like railroads, cable networks, etc. However, I am still on the fence regarding net neutrality. Right now, I visualize a scheme in which ISPs are required to provide a percentage of their bandwidth, but the government purchases it from them. Sort of like imminent domain. But I haven't given it a whole lot of thought.
And almost everyone seems to recognize that it is a good idea to have state regulation in the case of limited resources, like railroads, cable networks, etc. However, I am still on the fence regarding net neutrality. Right now, I visualize a scheme in which ISPs are required to provide a percentage of their bandwidth, but the government purchases it from them. Sort of like imminent domain. But I haven't given it a whole lot of thought.
