A comment from a friend on the Administration's and the FTC's proposal to bolster failing newspapers by taxing Internet news agencies (such as the Drudge Report) and by taxing such personal items such as laptops and Kindles (that enable you to read on-line news). These taxes would then go to the floundering newspapers to ensure their survival.
"How tenuous are our freedoms- constantly under assault from our own government! I can't believe that the FTC would be so ham-fisted as to attempt such a blatant rescue of the failing Main Stream Media by taxing internet news sources..."
The government has no business "paying" newspapers. Would this lead to government control of these news sources? How could we ever even begin to trust "Government Media"?
Fortunately, the Administration (through the FTC) is backing down on this. But keep an eye out for this erosion of our liberties to pop up again.
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