FTC Floats Drudge Tax<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/4/ftc-floats-drudge-tax/>
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to "reinvent" journalism, and that's a cause for concern. *According to a May 24 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul*. The bureaucracy sees it as a problem that the Internet has introduced a wealth of information options to consumers, forcing media companies to adapt and experiment to meet changing market needs. FTC's policy staff fears this new reality. *"There are reasons for concern that experimentation may not produce a robust and sustainable business model for commercial journalism," the report states*. With no faith that the market will work things out for the better, government thinks it must come to the rescue. This is just the opening two paragraphs. The rest continues on about taxing aggregate sites like Drudge and Digg and then divvying up the money between news services. It also talks about letting certain news services operate tax-free and giving others supplements . Now, this just comes from a draft proposal, but it has to make one wonder if the government wants to take even more control of the media. J === I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer -- Ben Franklin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320386 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
