 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | How Is This Wrong? quote:
Strange how such rabid fans of a free-market aren't interested in allowing market darwinism to play out.
Government provided broadband is by definition outside of the free market. It is only natural that someone who supports a free market would be against any sort of government subsidized broadband.
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Troy, NY | I think the real issue here isn't in areas where service providers would have to compete with government. It's in areas where the service providers refuse to provide service, and yet wish to deny the people in those areas any option to form government services. It's basically a "we don't want you, but we won't let you do it yourself" thing; the companies are afraid that a trend would start.
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by Rogue Wolf:It's in areas where the service providers refuse to provide service, and yet wish to deny the people in those areas any option to form government services. I would happily stand by any private interest that blocked my town from entering such a venture, even to the point of voting out local leaders who would waste my already high taxes on something like this.
If private industry cannot make a profit on a service, then there is no way for the government to make any money off of it (Amtrak, anyone?). Any such service in such circumstances would inevitably eat another hole in the taxpayers' pockets.
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| Luckily, you don't live in MY town. My town provides us with services and prices that are FAR better than what we would get with comcast/nstar. In fact, we elect our politicians because they do what's right for US, not what's right for the megacorp. The problem with your philosophy is that you don't vote FOR the people, you are beholden to the megacorps. Luckily, on november 7th, 'your' people are going to lose both houses of congress.
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Mount Airy, MD | said by karlmarx:Luckily, on november 7th, 'your' people are going to lose both houses of congress. HAHAHAHAHA Funny.
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Good answer...I'll send someone over to tear up your streets, water, sewer and electrical grid post-haste. |
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