Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
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said by pnh102  :I am saying the government has no need for such information, as there is nothing it can do to improve broadband. So there is no need to point out how the corporate greed that is dooming our country's economic future is unpatriotic. BTW the fastest growth in government spending is now in corporate welfare. |
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viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25
 ·Qwest.net
| Is that pnhwhatever spouting crap again? I can't tell, except from people quoting him, as I have him on ignore. But if he is saying that government can do nothing to improve broadband, I would respectfully disagree. The state of Idaho implemented a proposal where the State contracted several providers to install broadband infrastructure in numerous small municipalities, and paid 1/2 the cost. In Qwest's territory, DSL was installed in at least 30 central offices, and numerous remotes (I don't know what the stats are for the other providers, I know Verizon didn't want to do it in their area, so a WISP was contracted). This has been completed for about a year, and seems to be quite popular. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| said by viperlmw :II can't tell, except from people quoting him, as I have him on ignore. You want me.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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said by Sammer :So there is no need to point out how the corporate greed that is dooming our country's economic future is unpatriotic. Why is it wrong for business owners or shareholders to be greedy? The whole point of a business is to make money.
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
1 edit | said by pnh102 :said by Sammer :So there is no need to point out how the corporate greed that is dooming our country's economic future is unpatriotic. Why is it wrong for business owners or shareholders to be greedy? The whole point of a business is to make money. Their corporations depend on there being a lawful society and when corporate greed exceeds reasonable boundaries that isn't possible. Doesn't the government bail-out tell you something? There has to be limits to corporate greed just as we have laws against theft or our economy will collapse. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by Sammer :Their corporations depend on there being a lawful society and when corporate greed exceeds reasonable boundaries that isn't possible. Doesn't the government bail-out tell you something? There has to be limits to corporate greed just as we have laws against theft or our economy will collapse. I agree with you that companies must be expected to operate within the law. I also have believed that any bailout was wrong. I think that the markets would have sufficiently punished companies that behaved badly by allowing them to go under had the government not bailed them out.
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vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | Oh but the Bush admin threatened Martial Law would be an inevitability if said bailout wasn't passed. |
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