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This is just plain wrong information. If you want to stereo-type and entire party's platform, then the GOP's would be anti-regulation and free-market... not imposing legislation to solidify "fast-lanes" and be generally anti-competitive.

Seriously, the Democrats don't understand the internet just as much as the GOP, or the Green Party, etc.

Let's stop making this a partisanship issue. Net neutrality is too important for petty squabbling.



Here is a link to the part of the GOP's 2012 platform that covers this [1].

The understanding or lack thereof of the Democrats, Greens, etc., on internet matters is not relevant to my point, which was that this bill is in accord with official GOP policy and so dismissing it and so your quick dismissal of its threat is on shaky ground.

It's also worth noting that they tried to put killing net neutrality in as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling in 2013.

The House also tried to kill net neutrality in 2011. The Republicans voted 234 to 2 (4 not voting for killing it). The Democrats voted 177 to 6 (9 not voting) to keep it.

[1] http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_Reforming/#Item5




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