said by NewMariner :

And who do they suggest to pick up the tab on this? As a tax payer, I sure would not vote for this. I dont care what how fast anyone can download their pr0n. We have to many pressing issues to fix...such as right now our economy, then healthcare, then welfare, and the many other programs we already have that are broken.

Lets fix those first before getting another program together that will falter and be broken.

said by NewMariner :

And who do they suggest to pick up the tab on this? As a tax payer, I sure would not vote for this.

said by Matt :

And as a taxpayer, I certainly would. Isn't democracy grand?

said by pnh102 :

Aside from the fact that we have never lived in a democracy, I must ask, why burden the taxpayers who don't want to pay for this with the cost, especially when the government isn't legally allowed to be tasked with this project (of course that invalidates about 60% of all federal expenditures)?

There's nothing stopping all of the people who want to make this happen from pooling their own money into a private venture that can make this happen.

said by Matt :

Yes, we live in a Republic, but idealistically we are a democracy: »usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/w···tdm2.htm

said by Matt :

Anyway, I am burdened with thousands of things I want nothing to do with now.

said by Matt :

And why are they legally not allowed to get involved?
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After all, it took government involvement to make the interstate system and national power grid happen and those have been wildly successful and very reliable.

said by pnh102 :

There's nothing stopping all of the people who want to make this happen from pooling their own money into a private venture that can make this happen.

said by pnh102 :

Aside from the fact that we have never lived in a democracy, I must ask, why burden the taxpayers who don't want to pay for this with the cost, especially when the government isn't legally allowed to be tasked with this project (of course that invalidates about 60% of all federal expenditures)?

said by pnh102 :

The interstate highway system was built under the auspices of national defense. The Constitution grants the government wide latitude to do things under the auspices of national defense.

Building a taxpayer financed content delivery service isn't one of those things.

said by SillyRabbit :

Sure it is.... Wink, wink... Under the auspices of national defense. Dooh!

said by Sammer :

Try it and unless you're an incumbent see how fast you get sued!

said by SillyRabbit :

By your logic, why burden the taxpayers who don't want to pay taxes for the children of other people's education? I know I don't want to be burdened with that crap.

said by pnh102 :

Exactly!