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Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by malandrew on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:37PM (#20751824)
> And who SHOULD it be working for?

The people that employ them: taxpayers.

Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by metamet on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:45PM (#20751921)
I completely agree with you.
Re:Elizabeth Warren Came Up with a Plan to Break Up Big Tech by malandrew on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:55PM (#20752027)
Honestly, I look at what we can measure and monitor at big tech companies today and there's nothing I want more than metrics driven legislation.

There is no reason that we should be passing any legislation today without attached measurable criteria for success and criteria of measurable side effects that might be impacted. If the legislation does actually measurably improve something or causes unwanted side effects, it should be removed automatically. In 2019, we absolutely have the technology to run the government the exact same way as tech companies.

So many of the services the government provides could easily be metered and we charge citizens directly based on what they individually consume instead of indiscriminately taxing people to pay for those services.