--- title: Jeb Bush Says Net Neutrality Decision Is 'Crazy' description: Former Florida governor Jeb Bush said he opposes the Federal Communications Commission's attempts to regulate broadband Internet providers canonical: https://time.com/3736443/net-neutrality-fcc-jeb-bush/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-08T04:00:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:22.343Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush: Net Neutrality Decision Is 'Crazy' og:description: He argued a recent FCC decision will "stifle innovation." og:url: https://time.com/3736443/net-neutrality-fcc-jeb-bush/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7263f264a2b5e966/698782a4e53abaf0094d7f5b/jeb-bush-iowa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, speaks during the Iowa Ag Summit at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa on March 7, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush: Net Neutrality Decision Is 'Crazy' twitter:description: He argued a recent FCC decision will "stifle innovation." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7263f264a2b5e966/698782a4e53abaf0094d7f5b/jeb-bush-iowa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush: Net Neutrality Decision Is 'Crazy' > Sponsored content. 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Echoing arguments made by cable companies and many Republicans in Congress, the likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate argued that the [FCC’s decision last month](http://time.com/3723722/fcc-net-neutrality-2/) to approve the strongest-ever rules on net neutrality would “stifle competition, stifle innovation.” Taking questions from Iowa voters at a Cedar Rapids Pizza Ranch, Bush noted that the decision rested on an interpretation of the Communications Act of 1934. “The idea of regulating access to the Internet with a 1934 law is one of the craziest ideas I’ve ever heard,” he said. It was the first time Bush had weighed in on the subject since the FCC voted. “Just think of the logic of using a 1934 law that was designed when we did have a monopoly for wire-line service as the basis to regulate the most dynamic part of life in America,” Bush said. “It’s not going to be good for consumers. It’s certainly not going to be good for innovation.” Bush said that Netflix and other backers of net neutrality are already [regretting](http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/netflix-cfo-pleased-with-fcc-title-ii-ruling-although-its-preference-would-have-been-no-broadband-regulation-1201446282/) the scale the FCC’s action. “There is no support for this now,” Bush said. “The people who were concerned about this, the content providers like Netflix and others, have now disowned this.” Netflix has backed the concept of net neutrality, [even using a much noticed tweet](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/570672211209674752) to argue that without it cable companies would slow down Internet speeds. Its chief financial officer recently said he wasn’t happy with the FCC decision, but the company has since [restated its support](http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-says-it-still-supports-net-neutrality-despite-cfos-comments/). President Obama strongly supported the FCC’s action, calling it consistent with the principles of net neutrality he backed as a presidential candidate. 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