Government Takeover of the Internet

The growth of government power continues.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski claimed power to regulate companies that provide Internet access, opening a fight with cable and telephone companies and sparking opposition from Republicans. […]

The plan is “a government takeover of the Internet,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio. “Under this job-killing big government scheme, the Obama administration is seeking to expand the power of the federal government.”

This is most troubling and it should be stopped.