Obama has taken a stand on the issue of Net Neutrality: the ability of internet providers to charge more for internet "fastlanes" for certain sites. In the statement he talked about his opposition towards them, urging FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to do the same, after he expressed his support for the lanes. Obama, in the statement, has expressed a desire to treat internet and broadband similar to a utility, in which no company could have the upper hand. Though, this solution is not without problems. It would add a lot of restrictions on companies who provide internet, and lots of oversight by the FCC. Wheeler agrees with President Obama, but says that he supports only partial regulation.
This situation ties very strongly to the ideas of the Whigs and Democrat-Republicans, or, more specifically, the division between the two parties on the extent of involvement in the Economy. President Obama is supporting the Whigs' point of view, in that the Government should protect business by having a large extent of power and oversight in the marketplace, while the companies on the other end are supporting the Democrat-Republican idea of very limited oversight and control at the expense of smaller businesses and consumers suffering.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/10/technology/obama-internet-regulation/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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