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Re: Who's Picking up the Tab?
said by pnh102  :said by Matt :And as a taxpayer, I certainly would. Isn't democracy grand? 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. Yes, we live in a Republic, but idealistically we are a democracy: »usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/w···tdm2.htm
Anyway, I am burdened with thousands of things I want nothing to do with now. And why are they legally not allowed to get involved? Are you equating their involvement with building the infrastructure? If so, that is remarkably shortsighted. There is a myriad of ways the government can get involved to make this happen.
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.
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said by Matt :Anyway, I am burdened with thousands of things I want nothing to do with now. Well, nothing of this scope can be done in one's spare time. Planning and building something takes dedication and effort. What would have happened if someone like Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford or Thomas Edison waited around for the government to do the things they succeeded in doing?
said by Matt : And why are they legally not allowed to get involved? ... 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. 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.
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| said by pnh102 :said by Matt :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. 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. Sure it is.... Wink, wink... Under the auspices of national defense. Dooh! |
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pnh102
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| said by SillyRabbit :
Sure it is.... Wink, wink... Under the auspices of national defense. Dooh! Yes, it is.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal-Ai···_of_1956
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