Two points here. = On the floodgates already being opened I'd ask this question: Did the Senate Succeed in blocking Wikileaks? Yes they played bully with a fe

Two points here. = On the floodgates already being opened I'd ask this question: Did the Senate Succeed in blocking Wikileaks? Yes they played bully with a few private companies but in the end they failed because they didn't have the tools to chase Wikileaks to another country. Give the government control over the ISPs and they'll have the tools to block anything on the Internet without having to leave the U.S. to do it. = On the case of Free Markets you have to understand Free Markets never try to protect consumers. That's not the point. The point is to make money. But there's always some corporation that's behind in the market. So companies motivated by greed act in a way that protects consumers in spite of their intentions. Take Net Neutrality. Say AT&T is so dominant in California that they decide to put a surcharge on iTunes purchases. Time Warner who is not dominant then sees an opportunity. By not putting the same surcharge they make MORE MONEY because they'll get an influx of customers from AT&T. Then AT&T has to either ditch the surcharge or lose most of their iTunes buying customers.