Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
This new poll from the folks over at 463 Communications and Zogby reveals that an overwhelming majority of Americans (83 percent, to be exact) “believe that a typical 12-year-old knows more about the Internet than their member of Congress.” And there is no difference by party affliation. Republicans (85 percent) and Democrats (86 percent) agreed completely on this point.
How sad, and some days in this town, I’m inclined to agree.
Adam Thierer / Senior Fellow in Technology & Innovation at the R Street Institute in Washington, DC. Formerly a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, President of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Director of Telecommunications Studies at the Cato Institute, and a Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation.
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