My point was that it is sad that the federal government is so large that they need yet another bureaucrat to support all the other bureaucrats.

If you are in favor of this, you can pay the CTO's salary, and pay for all of the IT infrastructure supporting the hundreds of bloated bureaucracies in the federal government. But don't make me pay.

If you don't like a private company's CTO's directives, you are free to not use that company's products or services.

If you don't like a the government's CTO's directives, and you ignore them, you get fined and go to prison.

Since the government has no money except tax collections, they are simply taking money from one taxpayer to give to another. So unless you are going to take advantage of this program, you will be paying for it.

The fact that people are debating who should be the Technology Central Planner, instead of realizing that the very idea of one is silly and dangerous, shows that liberty is dead.

Like the "Explicit Lyrics" warning sticker on music, it will probably increase sales.

If a medical practice and it's customers want to participate in the government system, they can do so and pay a fee to support it. Or, they can choose not to participate and they don't have to pay.

If you aren't sure of something or don't like it, DON'T BUY IT.

We don't need government agents deciding how things should work. The last thing we need is a federal usage rights management agency.

Who Pays?