“Taxes,” observed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., “are the price we pay for civilization.”   Some would eagerly add to that observation, but few would deny its fundamental truth.  Taxes provide the wherewithal to buy us goods, services and amenities that we cannot or likely would not purchase individually for ourselves.  Consumers, as taxpayers and beneficiaries of [...]

Larry F. Darby*
Summary:  Debate over whether to regulate Internet Service Providers has raged during consideration of so-called “Net Neutrality” (NN) legislation now pending in Congress.  The “D” word – for price discrimination – is at the heart of the case for NN neutrality legislation and measures to prevent it are the centerpiece of legislative proposals [...]

The American Consumer Institute Applauds Recent State Legislative and Federal Communications Commission Initiatives to Reduce Cable TV Prices
 
 
A January 2006 survey found that cable TV monopolies served 98% of cable TV consumers, and another study found that cable TV prices have increased nearly three times faster than inflation.  However, when competition was present, cable TV [...]