State lawmakers in Maryland are attempting to put price controls on internet content. As I told you a couple of weeks ago, FreedomWorks volunteers are opposing this policy, which proponents call "net neutrality," but could more appropriately be labeled “net brutality.”

HB 1069, sponsored by Herman Taylor (D-Montgomery County), would not allow internet service companies to charge different prices for different amounts of bandwidth. This policy is misguided and clearly outside the scope of the state's role. Net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem.

We will need the help of citizens like you to contact your legislators and tell them to keep the internet free of anti-liberty regulators who are sponsoring this bad legislation. FreedomWorks volunteers and staff attended a hearing in the capitol in Annapolis last week and argued for keeping the internet free. You can listen to the audio by clicking here.

Net neutrality, shrouded in a populist cry for freedom, is the first step toward greater government control over the internet that, ironically, would limit consumer access. Regulating the pipes could chase away investors otherwise willing to build the networks of the future.

Help us defeat HB 1069 by taking action now!

Sincerely,

Dick Armey
Chairman
FreedomWorks