Comment Is this America? (Score 1) 110
I am shocked at the fact that this ruling will pass. I don't think that the government should have the power to "force" companies to "play nice". Competition is a good thing only if the companies competiting are doing so on a level playing field. In this case, AT&T bid for and won a cable company, they didn't have the government "give" them the company. All other companies such as AOL and other ISP's could have bid for the company themselves. If an ISP was too small to bid, they could have formed a alliance with many small companies or a large one, such as AOL to compete with evil and greedy AT&T.
Free enterprise is not about allowing companies to share in investments and infrastructure that they did not put anything into, and if I have a business, I should have the right to sell my goods and services to only those I choose to. Remember, the primary "job" of any company should be to make money and as much of it as they can. If this "job" is taken seriously, the customers will make their opinions known by taking their business elsewhere.
Free enterprise is not about allowing companies to share in investments and infrastructure that they did not put anything into, and if I have a business, I should have the right to sell my goods and services to only those I choose to. Remember, the primary "job" of any company should be to make money and as much of it as they can. If this "job" is taken seriously, the customers will make their opinions known by taking their business elsewhere.
