FCC Boots Up Net Neutrality Regulations
The April issue of Budget
& Tax News reports the Federal Communication Commission has adopted
so-called net neutrality regulations,
voting to
regulate Internet service providers as utility companies under the authority of
Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. FCC Commissioner Ajit
Pai, who voted against the regulation, says the plan is a solution in search of
a problem.
Also in this issue:
Alabama is
projecting a $265 million deficit this year, caused primarily
by ballooning costs for entitlement programs such as Medicaid.
Illinois Gov. Bruce
Rauner announced the state
government will no longer force state employees to pay union dues if they
choose to opt out of public-sector unions.
A bill to make
permanent the ban on state and local governments taxing consumers Internet
access was reintroduced for consideration by Congress, and this time
it might become law.
Health care and
pension liabilities are the primary causes of a projected explosion in the
national debt and deficit over the next few decades, according to
the Congressional Budget Office.
Colorado’s state
occupational licensing agency is cracking down on
the threat of unlicensed teachers instructing people how to do yoga.
Is this is a legitimate problem, or do consumers know better than regulators?
A Connecticut
lawmaker has proposed taxing candy and
soda in an effort to convince people to stop eating their favorite sweets.
Proponents argue such taxes help people curb their sweet tooth, but scientific
studies show sin taxes are a sour idea meant only to gobble up more tax
revenue.
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Budget & Tax News.
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