"They took our jerbs!!!". Since when did /. become protectionist/leftist mouthpiece?

Governments introduce prohibitions then get busy prosecuting their made up "crimes", and they have a nerve to demand total surveillance to enforce their bullshit? Haven't we learned anything from alcohol prohibition and the violent gangs which flourished thanks to it? Besides, wars end. But this one looks like a perpetual source of "work" for governments, it is intended to be so.

Well, it is official: "the state" is there to protect entrenched vested interests. What the hell is "unfair competition"? Some commie speak?

The armed bureaucrats ("law enforcement") will keep using fear to intimidate people into surrendering more and more of their freedoms to them until we end up being their slaves in every way. Unless we resist.

I hope Google et al. will find a new way to not give any "fair share" demanded by useless bureaucrats.

Keep treating the "US workers" in a special way until a critical amount of companies relocate elsewhere along with "your" jobs...

So it is better and easier to get rid of the "government" altogether :) Who needs it? Do you?

"The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows." -- Penn Jillette in "Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!" ... The death throes of entrenched taxi vested interests give us...

Mah jobs! Because it is your "right".

So why do we still have "governments" robbing (taxing) people to fund some research or anything?

What's "normal" and why anyone cares about it?

Well, the US (and those screaming "muh jobs") is risking to lose some of its tech industry which just might migrate to other countries if this goes on.

Isn't USPS bankrupt? Privatize it already.

"Fair share of taxes" is nonsense. Taxes are extortion.