Stop the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner.
Stop the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner.
A merger of the two largest cable companies in the United States would be a bad deal for consumers, leading to less competition and likely higher prices for subscribers. And a combined Comcast-Time Warner would be in a position to slow or even block Internet traffic from content providers like Netflix or Hulu if the cable company decided it didn't want the competition.
We have to speak out now to stop it. That's why I started my own campaign on CREDOMobilize.com, which allows activists to start their own petitions. My petition, which is to Attorney General Eric Holder, says the following:
The proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner is not in the best interest of American consumers and threatens the free and open nature of the Internet. We urge you as attorney general not to let this merger proceed.
One of the biggest threats posed by this proposed merger is to a free and open Internet. Recent court cases have struck serious blows to the principal of net neutrality, which means a merged Comcast-Time Warner would have wide latitude to start restricting bandwidth or demanding payment from online services it deems to be competition.
With Comcast already owning Universal Pictures and all of NBC, the economic incentive to discriminate against competing content providers would be very strong. A combined Comcast-Time Warner would also be, quite simply, too big, with too much power over subscribers and too much influence in Washington.
Comcast and Time Warner are hoping that armies of highly paid lobbyists and attorneys can push this deal through, so we have to make sure Attorney General Holder hears the voices of Americans who know this would be a bad deal. As former FCC Commission Michael Copps said, "This is so over the top it ought to be dead on arrival."
Add your name to a petition to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to stop the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner?
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/3409?t=6&akid=10100.2348285.PP9mtZ>
Tell Congress to raise the minimum wage
Today, a full time worker earning the federal minimum wage cannot even provide for the basic needs of his or her family.
No person who works hard and plays by the rules should be forced to raise their family in poverty.
Join Governor Martin O'Malley and Senator Cory Booker. Tell Congress to make work pay by raising the minimum wage for all Americans.
http://act.corybooker.com/page/s/minimum-wage?source=mom_la140306_minwage