Why screw with net neutrality when what the Democrats really want is to take over the whole damn thing: Senate Democrats Are Circulating Plans for Government Takeover of the Internet: Reason Roundup – Hit & Run : Reason.com
The solution, be more like Europe…
To save American trust in “our institutions, democracy, free press, and markets,” it suggests, we need unprecedented and undemocratic government intervention into online press and markets, including “comprehensive (GDPR-like) data protection legislation” of the sort enacted in the E.U.
Uh, no thanks. I lost trust in government when I heard about the DOJ’s efforts to ruin Bert Wagner’s life for privately selling/trading bitcoins. That said, Bert apparently got a different lesson as he was a Bernie Sander’s supporter in 2016. Oh well!
Another experience that has led to my low opinion of government is the Medicaid, tax credit, Obamacare implementation in Colorado. In Colorado, to get a tax credit, you must first apply for Medicaid. I have had many clients with issues with this system. Two recent examples:
A client had no income for the first 4 months or so of 2018. He was eligible and applied for Medicaid. He then became owner of a company and based on his salary for a partial year and family size (5) he was eligible for a tax credit with an income of $110,000. When we reported the change in income, voila, he was STILL eligible for Medicaid. I created a ticket with the all knowing Connect for Health Colorado. A few days later someone called me and said, sure enough the household is eligible for Medicaid. I asked if there was anyone there that had a brain they could use, the ability/permission to use and also had common sense. I elevated to management and the issue got resolved.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
A month or so later he realized that the Medicaid system had his address wrong. No change in zip, city or county, just a move. We reported a change in address and guess what, they ended up back on Medicaid AGAIN?
How stoopid.
Then there is the lady who was in the midst of chemotherapy and lost Medicaid because the starting of Social Security Disability payments threw her over the income limit. Boulder County HHS repeatedly told her she was not eligible for a tax credit. We got a work around, this time WITH the help of Connect for Health. I would have called BoCo HHS out, but I’m afraid they would screw with her Medicaid determination. It was as if they were being vindictive for some reason.
So, my opinion of government competency is low in general and my trust in government is even lower. Of course, if you’re from Boulder, you think I must be a right wing wack job. Hell, you’re probably right. C’est la vie.
