Can Universal Internet Access Be Far Behind?

I hope some intrepid Republican strategists are keeping tabs on all the promises the Pantsuit is making and the astronomical costs they'll entail.

We're already up to a couple hundred billion annually with her socialized medicine scheme and $5,000 giveaway for any child born.

Now she's calling for a "national broadband Internet system," but conveniently omits who's going to pay for it.

I imagine she'll use some of her flying monkeys from Media Matters to help administer and monitor every keystroke.

No doubt Bill is up for it, since it means unlimited high-speed porn for him.

MERRIMACK, N.H. - Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called for a national broadband Internet system and permanent research tax credits, while also quoting comedian Stephen Colbert for the second time in a week in a swipe at the Bush administration.

The Democratic front-runner and New York senator said that if elected she would invest in high-tech fields in order to sustain the high-tech jobs that are critical to economic prosperity and strengthening the middle class.

"The nation that invented the Internet is now ranked about 25th in access to it," Clinton said in her latest speech directed at the middle class appeals.

Called "Connect America," Clinton's broadband network would give businesses incentives to go into underserved areas, support state- and local-based initiatives and change the Federal Communication Commission rules to more accurately measure Internet access.

"I see this problem in New York. A lot of the utilities don't want to connect up our isolated, rural areas. And they also don't want particularly to go into our underserved, poor, urban areas because there's so much money that can be made in Manhattan and our suburban areas," Clinton said. "It was like when we had to electrify the country in the 1930s. Utilities didn't electrify places because it wasn't cost effective for them to do so. Well, we've got to play catch-up."

She see a lot of problems in New York, but hasn't done a damn thing to address any of them. But nice too see her playing the class warfare card so early.

Clinton said the Internet is the new necessity for economic development.

"In the 19th century, we invested in railroads. In the 20th century, we built the interstate highway system. In the 21st century information economy we need to invest in our information infrastructure."

Clinton also advocated making permanent the research and experimentation tax credits, which more than 15,000 companies have used since they began 1981.

"We cannot rebuild a strong and prosperous middle class if we don't have a new source of new jobs," Clinton said. "Our country is a country of innovators. We're not acting like it right now, but we have all the potential to get into gear quickly."

We need to make sure we don't elect this horrible woman.