[lug] SOPA/PIPA withdrawn

[Davide Del Vento]

I agree with most of what you say, but one point. In a recession
"stimulating the economy" is absolutely necessary. We can argue that
they have done too much or too little or the wrong kind of stimulus or
the wrong sectors of the economy or whatever, but doing nothing would
have brought America in a mess similar to where Europe is now, We can
argue that the government could have done better, but I'm glad they
did what they did (starting with the last Bush interventions).
I blogged about it a couple of weeks ago:
http://blog.javacorner.net/2012/01/fate-of-europe-and-euro.html
Of course these interventions must stop when we see the end of the
tunnel, which looks like is now (unless Europe brings us down again)
- sorry for the OT -

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 19:16, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> To me, this is a little like celebrating blocking a kick to the crotch while still being kicked in the face.
>
> Washington, the BSA (Microsoft, et al), MPAA, and RIAA's lobbyists are still there, "doing their jobs". We haven't stopped them, we just blocked a kick and it took three million people screaming "this is idiocy" to do it.
>
> I'll celebrate when stupid ideas like this are simply outside the federal government's jurisdiction.
>
> <rant>
> AND we don't meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations in ways we ourselves would not want
> AND the nation has a balanced budget which includes a plan to significantly reduce the debt
> AND "doing your taxes" is simple, fair, and affordable
> AND our government stops "stimulating" the economy by devaluing money and discouraging savings
> AND we the people begin to habitually enforce the limits on their power, so that the idea of buying favors from politicians is just silly
> </rant>
>
> The root problem ain't fixed. This is a game of whack-a-mole that we can't win while we encourage totalitarianism. (That's when the power of the federal government is unlimited).
>
> David L. Willson
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