Sen. Ted Cruz recently wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that net neutrality “would put the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered, leading to fewer choices, fewer opportunities and higher prices.”
Because Cruz is so busy opposing anything President Obama would support, Cruz forgot to even read what "net neutrality" actually is.
Oh - Sen. Cruz also forgot to tell you that he has received tens of thousands of dollars from internet service providers who would love to be able to make companies pay more. Yeah, he didn't mention that, did he?
Net Neutrality is the idea that everyone should have the same access to the internet, which is what has existed since we all got on the inter webs 20 years ago. Some internet service providers would like to be able to charge more for a "fast lane" to those who can afford it which would in turn slow down those websites with smaller budgets.
For instance, last year Comcast demanded that Netflix pay millions of dollars or they would throttle Netflix users stream making it more difficult to watch movies. During negotiations Comcast did just that until Netflix was forced to pay to get their subscribers back to a "normal" internet feed.
Read a simple explanation of the whole issue here.
Sen. Al Franken responded to Cruz' inaccuracies like this on CNN:
“Obamacare was a government program that fixed something that changed things,” Franken clarified for Tea Party favorite Cruz. “This is about reclassifying something so it stays the same. This would keep things exactly the same that they’ve been.”
Watch the video below:
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