 Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA | reply to JTRockville
Re: Put Up or Shut Up said by JTRockville:If you consider that "the government" is made up of "the people", or representatives of "the people", then that's exactly how muni systems are deployed now. There's a subtle difference tho. In Pittsburgh "The People" voted down government funding of 2 new stadiums and a convention center in a referendum. A couple months later "The People" in the form of a government representative and a rider on a bill decided to do just the opposite.
Keeping government reps. as far away as possible from broadband non-profits seems like a really good idea to me.
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 JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD | If your representatives refuse to represent you, vote 'em out. If private ventures don't serve your needs, you have no recourse. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by JTRockville:If private ventures don't serve your needs, you have no recourse. Sure you do. You can invest in a competing venture or start your own. At the very least if you don't like the service provided by a private company you don't have to buy their services.
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Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
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If private ventures don't serve the customers needs they run out of money, and if truly private it has little effect on me if they rot and die. In the case of governments, screwups are ultimately borne by the citizenry. Promises of private backing in theory should protect the citizenry, but they don't because it's all too easy for local politicians to change the terms in order to offer up political cookies to the highest bidder, and if the backer goes bankrupt then all bets are off.
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ah yes. everyone has access to millions of dollars of investment capital to fund such ventures. riiiiiiiiiiight.
hey straw man, have you ever seen "it's a wonderful life?" george bailey doesn't go crawling to Mr. Potter because he wants to...Potter just has enough money to dispense thousands at a clip. who in the world is going to be the Mr. Potter here? non-existent venture capitalists?
if YOU don't like your local gov't helping you out, so be it. there just isn't any good reason you can give to stop others from believing locals have the $$ and the answers to this problem. as you say, if you don't lke the service, don't use it! |
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