| Franchise agreements After working in a small city and dealing with cable franchise agreements firsthand I can tell you that you as the consumer WANT WANT WANT the telcos to sign franchise agreements. The agreement holds their feet to the fire and doesn't allow them to pick and choose who they will give service to or not, it makes them offer service to everyone equally and they must repair service in a timely manor. If not for the franchise agreements the cable co's and Telco's will screw everyone |
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| Is that like the one that goes, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you?"
Let's see what's in it for you guys:
> Franchise fee = a hidden tax
> Universal service requirement = a hidden tax
> Artificial performance requirements = a hidden tax
> Utility tax = an overt tax
> Franchise negotiation = another thing to justify increasing the number of government employees [more of you]
> more of you = more hidden retirement costs = a deferred hidden tax |
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 jslikThat just happenedPremium
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1 edit | All those "hidden taxes" are paid one way or the other...either to your local city or corporate HQ. Take your pick.
Don't believe me? Where did you think the increases on cable HSI went to after the franchise fees were lifted, which were, amazingly enough, about the same amount as the franchise fee.
Sure didn't stay in town. |
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| "If the government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five years we'd have a shortage of sand."
- Milton Friedman |
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