25 years ago in reason."It's all too easy to be lulled into a false sense of optimism by the success of airline deregulation Airline deregulation is the process of removing entry and price restrictions on airlines affecting, in particular, the carriers permitted to serve specific routes. The term usually applies to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. .... Despite studies showing the immense cost of regulation ... most of the agencies are solidly entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. not just in the political system but in people s minds. --Robert Poole Jr., Editorial "In the name of intellectual freedom, the Communications Act The establishment of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1934, the regulatory body for interstate and foreign telecommunications. Its mission is to provide high-quality services at reasonable cost to everyone in the U.S. on a nondiscriminatory basis. [of 1979] stifles the ideas, views, and interests of broad casters casters the small rubber wheels on surgical trolleys, patient stretchers, mobile equipment. conductive casters the casters are impregnated with carbon to facilitate the dispersal of static electricity from equipment. ." --Winston N. Martin, "The Decline and Fall of Broadcasters' Rights" "You've got to hand it to the U.S. Social Security Administration. What other agent of any government could say ... that it takes more from American payrolls than the Internal Revenue Service, and that its own employees want no part of the program they administer?" --Warren J. Shore, "The Great 1979 Social Security Heist" "The present apparatus of broadcast regulation cheats the broadcast journalist of the independence promised by the First Amendment and so cheats the American people An American people may be:
--Bill Monroe, "Unchain the Electronic Media" |
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