So: If others are doing something illegitimate or even illegal, then that’s cause enough to exempt ISPs…

So: If others are doing something illegitimate or even illegal, then that's cause enough to exempt ISPs from rules that currently prevent them from doing the same thing…
CTIA wrote. "As the full record shows, however, this is simply not true. Indeed, even a prominent privacy advocacy organization asserted that it is 'obvious that the more substantial threats for consumers are not ISPs,' but rather other large edge providers." (even though that's actually mis-quoting the EFF).
That's like saying "Because somebody downstream can pollute the river, I should be able to pollute the river as well, so please change the law to allow me to…"

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Even when Trump cites facts, he cherry picks them… https://goo.gl/YcWkfS: “Trump’s claim that immigrants…

Even when Trump cites facts, he cherry picks them…
https://goo.gl/YcWkfS: "Trump’s claim that immigrants cost taxpayers ‘many billions of dollars a year’" and forgets to count the benefits to the US. From the WP: "The main point made in [https://www.nap.edu/read/23550/] is that immigrants, particularly the first generation, incur costs to the government that are later balanced out by their descendants. Second-generation immigrants end up being a net positive to the government compared with the first generation, as they assimilate and obtain higher levels of education and wages. The chairwoman of the panel [my colleague Fran Blau] and an analyst who calculated the data for the panel disputed Trump’s characterization of the report, only focusing on the cost of immigration."

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