said by keyboard5684 
:Well, then what about rural America? Are we going to get tax money to provide ANY broadband services to places 4 miles away from any town?
Why is Lafayette any different? Ever been there? I cannot in any way see how they deserve this anymore than any other city in America.
Government money is for something enterprise cannot provide because they will make no profit. This includes roads, police stations, street lights, and other projects that simply provide no return on investment.
The case here is if someone set up broadband, they could make a profit (maybe).
This could go very bad. A long time ago when there was a war going on people cut back on things. Women went to work while men went to war. Now, we are bickering about fiber, taking money from the government, that could be spent elsewhere (maybe hurricane survival or flack jackets!).
Maybe just maybe , its time that the country is run like a business. Where profits should be kept in a reserve so we can lower tax loads or maybe help fund things good for our people.
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