Gizmodo reports that a free wireless internet service promoted by Congressman Chris Cannon and U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo and Ed Markey is a "dumb scheme."

Wondering why Cannon is hanging with Dems in the first place? Eshoo's bill is called the Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act. With an election coming, you can imagine Cannon drooling over anything with the words "families" and "Internet" in it.

Says Gizmodo:

Let me get this straight: You want some well-heeled for-profit corporation to pay potentially billions for the privilege of hastily launching a network that it can't charge money for, and let competitors provide devices for it, again for no extra money? I don't think so. I'm not pro-corporation, so much as I am pro-reality. ...

Sometimes I wish politicians needed higher-ed degrees in order to serve. This scheme could have used expertise in econ, psych, engineering, maybe even a little history.