FCC admits it was never actually hacked

Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by xmichael999 on Monday August 06, 2018 @07:52PM (#17702788)

If you read about Steve Bannon, his plan for years is really to have people lose faith in government agencies and have them thought of as garbage, and then ultimately shut down. I'm not sure this is some great conspiracy or just a bunch of scumbags at work here, but like I say there are major well financed efforts to actually make the FCC, EPA, etc look stupid, and appear to be run by idiots. Appointing incompetent people to them, is the plan by some of these folks like Bannon.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by Avshalom on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:08PM (#17703146)

Invoking Steve Bannon is unnecessary: "losing faith in government" has been the Republican Party goal since Nixon.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:17AM (#17703841)

I'd argue that Nixon wasn't in that boat, he actually supported formation of the EPA and such. Nixon's big contribution to the Republicans was his southern strategy (use of racism to win a previously Democrat south) and mis-application of domestic espionage.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by tasty_freeze on Monday August 06, 2018 @10:03PM (#17703382)

"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."

President Ronald Reagan, in his first inaugural address.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by WillPostForFood on Monday August 06, 2018 @11:06PM (#17703612)

Arguably a misquotation, probably misleading absent the context, and definitely an incomplete quotation.

Speaking narrowly and specifically about the economic crisis and stagflation of the late 70s:

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:18AM (#17703845)

The surrounding context doesn't really change/clarify that core message very much.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by WillPostForFood on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:47PM (#17755243)

It does, it is saying the government had been the cause of the economic crisis of the time, not that it was generally the problem of all things.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by gcb0 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @07:04AM (#17705385)

the context makes it ironic even, considering they benefit from that exact sentiment to be elected.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by phobosdeimos on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:44AM (#17704799)

Americans have already lost faith in government. There is a belief Bezos will save healthcare now. It seems Capitol Hill's main occupation is sabotaging and crippling the nation.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by aasasd on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @07:15AM (#17705435)

Notably, in the countries that the US administration seems to suddenly love now, such as Russia, government agencies are indeed regarded as garbage, but that only leads to more and more centralization of power. Because, you know, the tsar must step in and bring his underlings to order.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by Calib3r on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @01:12PM (#17708475)

Some of us believe federal regulatory agencies are unconstitutional due to their ability to interpret laws (isn't that the Legislative branch's job?).

EPA, FCC, and their ilk have no obligation to represent the opinion of the people.

Federal agencies are given a blank check to interpret (write) laws without any real checks and balances.

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @01:19PM (#17708537)

> Some of us believe federal regulatory agencies are unconstitutional due to their ability to interpret laws (isn't that the Legislative branch's job?).

No, interpreting laws is the judicial branches role (as the ultimate decision point), but it's also essential to executive functioning (as you get apply or execute a law without first interpreting it.)

> EPA, FCC, and their ilk have no obligation to represent the opinion of the people.

Neither does Congress or the President.

> Federal agencies are given a blank check to interpret (write) laws without any real checks and balances.

“Interpret” does not mean “write”, and both the adjudicative/interpretive and regulation-writing functions of agencies are constrained by judicial review (of both) and both advance and responsive (Congressional Review Act) constraint by Congress (for the regulatory function.)

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Re:FCC admits it was never actually hacked by reubenswartz on Monday August 06, 2018 @08:00PM (#17702829)

HUD, DoE (both of them), etc... ;-(

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