| Corruption Former FCC Commissioner turned cable lobbyist Michael Powell
Can you say corruption! |
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 pizzFiber pleasePremium
join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| i agree 100% with you. I'm just damn tired of this gov't electing these lobbyists into positions like this. Maybe moving to Sweden, Norway, will be a better thing for me and my family. This blatant corruption is too much for me.
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| said by pizz:i agree 100% with you. I'm just damn tired of this gov't electing these lobbyists into positions like this. Maybe moving to Sweden, Norway, will be a better thing for me and my family. This blatant corruption is too much for me.
Buh bye. |
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said by pizz:i agree 100% with you. I'm just damn tired of this gov't electing these lobbyists into positions like this. Maybe moving to Sweden, Norway, will be a better thing for me and my family. This blatant corruption is too much for me.
And you think you won't find corruption in Norway and Sweden? 
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pizzFiber pleasePremium
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I know corruption exists everywhere, i'm not that much of fool. But i've spent my entire life here in the us. Sure i've benefited some, but i've given alot. From taxes, helping out many homeless charities. Helping our native americans, build some sort of property and self respect.
But why all of a sudden i want out of here? Cause this isn't the america, i once loved. This self absorbed, rich thinking, take, take philosophy is too much. I understand you can't change everything, and crap is gonna happen. But to do it blatantly in your face, come on now.
Also i would like not having to spend close to 11 grand a year, with co-pays and other services. I would like free health care, and im willing to pay the taxes out of my income for it.
sorry for the rant, but i cannot take this corruption from my gov't.
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| I guess you failed miserably in economics class.
How is paying more in taxes is free healthcare?
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4 edits | reply to pizz
said by pizz:i agree 100% with you. I'm just damn tired of this gov't electing these lobbyists into positions like this. Maybe moving to Sweden, Norway, will be a better thing for me and my family. This blatant corruption is too much for me.
Corruption is an issue because of the people we vote in and our inability to tackle it. What we need is a Separation of Corporation and State Constitutional amendment. However, you can bet your bottom dollar that not a single (R) would vote for such a rational thing.
God Forbid we setup an entity with the power to look out for the best interests of those mentioned in the preamble (pretext) of the Constitution - We the People. Anyone ever seen the terms: profit, business, CEO, corporations, Venture/Vulture Capitalist, heck Capitalist in our Constitution??
I have nothing against reasonable profit and so forth. However, these should never override the best interest of the people and ultimately our nation.
Moreover, what we have today is not the capitalism of the 50's or 60s; it's is crony capitalism and that is no better than any other extreme system - like Communism. In layman terms, shame s---t different smell. |
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2 edits | reply to battleop
Well, actually, they do not pay more. Health care costs are 3 times 'lower' per capita overseas, when compared to what we spend here. Even Switzerland, which is has best ranked and most expensive NHS in the world, is 2 to 3 times cheaper than our system to operate.
This isn't the 80's and the world has changed. As with most things nowadays, like our Presidential model, nobody but 3rd world countries are left using our GOP endorsed approach to everything.
In addition, since most other advanced economies do not use our archaic, inefficient, and ironically highly bureaucratic states / county rights system, they are able to realize economies of scale; so my effective tax rates were essentially the same when I live abroad. Not wasting $1 Trillion a year on defense helped my taxes too.
In return for these taxes, I received a range of services and perks. Not to mention, their infrastructure, quality of life, condition of their towns, cities, streets, roads etc were cutting-edge and second to none. |
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| You failed to explain how paying more taxes for heath care makes free health care free. |
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| said by battleop:You failed to explain how paying more taxes for heath care makes free health care free.
Actually, since I didn't make that assertion, I cannot have failed. Rather, it's you who "failed" to read.
While not worded appropriately their underlying point still stands. Essentially every single other 'developed' country but America, use a NHS or single payer model.
Another fact is that due to economies of scale and eliminating profit from the sector, these models work out to be 2 to 3 times cheaper (per capita).
In addition, in the overwhelming majority of actual studies that compare and contrast healthcare in OECD nations in terms of quality, availability, outcomes, access, waiting times, etc - our system ranks last. Yes, these are actual studies, versus the gut-feelings and talking points of faux news and talk-radio hosts. |
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| You would do well in politics because none of your ramblings come close to answering my question about how paying more in taxes would make healthcare FREE.
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join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI
·Comcast
| Not a TELCO lobbyist Surprised he works for the cableco since I believe he presided over the death of second tier DSL. Not only that, but waited till the second tier got heavily invested then removed the rules causing the bankruptcy of many DSL companies.
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pizzFiber pleasePremium
join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY Reviews:
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| reply to battleop
Re: Corruption do you enjoy putting people down because they express their opinion? Are you one of the of the 'keyboard tough guys' cause typing something about me failing economics class is disrespectful. I didn't address this to you, i just voiced my opinion yet again.
And again as I stated. I'm willing to pay more taxes for free health care, paved roads, and other stuff, we in America do not get with our taxes.
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pizzFiber pleasePremium
join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY | reply to Telco
I agree, and well worded. By that I've learned alot. |
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CXM_SplicerLooking at the bigger picturePremium
join:2011-08-11
NYC
kudos:1 | reply to battleop
Simple, when you go to the doctor... you don't pay. AKA 'free healthcare'. |
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Absolutely! I wonder how much he was promised or paid while still working for the FCC? Most government agencies are so corrupt that it's hard to figure out which ones are honest. The FCC and DOJ are certainly not honest. |
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Kamus
join:2011-01-27
El Paso, TX | Cheaper mergers please. FCC involved or not they still get away with anything. So it wouldn't make any difference. But those mergers would come down in price and time quite a bit IMO.
Comcast+TimeWarner soon? |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to pizz
Re: Corruption said by pizz:But why all of a sudden i want out of here? Cause this isn't the america, i once loved. This self absorbed, rich thinking, take, take philosophy is too much. I understand you can't change everything, and crap is gonna happen. But to do it blatantly in your face, come on now.
Also i would like not having to spend close to 11 grand a year, with co-pays and other services. I would like free health care, and im willing to pay the taxes out of my income for it.
The problem is related to the gimme, gimme attitude:
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. |
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| eh I dont know who Powell is outside of the article, nor do i really care, but i dont see how 2 privately-owned companies should be required to prove "public interest" in voluntarily merging. if way over 99% of the "public" has no stake in either company, what gives you any right at all to determine if they should be allowed to do what they both agreed upon?
I am 100% for taking business out of government, and vice versa, but until we restrict government's more than willingness to regulate the types of light bulbs and toilets we can buy, you're going to have lobbyists trying to use government as a leg up on competition.
You want no business lobyists? fine. remove 99% of the regulations causing them to NEED lobbyists. |
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