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Gogo1
join:2004-05-27
Brooklyn, NY
3 edits | reply to nasadude
Re: Unfair comparsion.. quote:
U.S. broadband f'd up - the U.S. govt (including FCC) has very competently executed their ideologically driven plan to competely deregulate the broadband industry.
because they have been very successful, there is virtually no competition in the U.S.
Really? Deregulation causes a lack of competition?
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and we pay very high prices for the services we get compared to other developed countries.
Its funny, most people at DSLR probably support socialism and intervention in the labor industry. They probably think unions are great and that employers should pay an artificially higher price for labor than the free market would dictate.
Suddenly though, when it comes to their consumption, when it comes to things they have to pay for, they are all for the free market and the low prices competition brings.
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they have achieved what they set out to accomplish, screwing consumers the whole way.
I agree. But thats not because of the free market or deregulation. Its because of government intervention and rules distorting the market. Only a few are allowed to enter the market and permission depends on which politicians pockets you fill, and whether you fill them enough. Then if you do, in return you get market conditions favorable for squeezing the consumer.
If the market was truly free you would pay the price broadband is worth. It would be impossible for the price to be anything else.
This is not rocket science. You Americans are deluded if you think you live in anything resembling a free market economy. You think Bush and the Republicans of this decade are free marketeers? Why dont you open your eyes and actually see whats going on. They are just as corrupt and socialist as the left. These people are *terrified* of the free market. If they didnt have their powers to create rules and intervene in the market, there wouldnt be such opportunity for their corruption and there wouldnt be the inefficiencies and artificial prices (boom/bust cycles) that this intervention brings for them to exploit. They would have to accept being paid the fair price that their contribution to the economy is actually worth. Which is not much. | | |
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 JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
 ·Verizon FiOS
| said by Gogo1:...Its because of government intervention and rules distorting the market. Only a few are allowed to enter the market and permission depends on which politicians pockets you fill, and whether you fill them enough.... That's simply not true. It's against federal law for the local government to deny a franchise application. | |
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