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join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA | reply to fiberguy
Re: A few observations said by fiberguy:Guys, c'mon.. it's time to live in reality and grow up. Hehe... you're expecting too much, perhaps. 
Seriously, I think folks either (1) don't know; (2) forget; or (3) refuse to acknowledge that every dollar invested has to compete with every other possible way that dollar can be invested. If cable companies become less attractive investments, then their ability to raise capital evaporates, and progress stops. If cable companies were meant to be operated as public services, then they'd be attached to the Department of Public Works, and paid for by your municipal taxes. Rather, cable companies are granted license to operate in return for providing lifeline cable -- your local broadcast channels -- at a reduced price regulated by your local franchising authority, not the cable company. That's the public service. Lifeline cable -- your local broadcast channels. In return for agreeing to operate that service at a regulated rate, even if less than the cost of offering that service, the cable company is allowed to offer additional services, where they set the rates based on how much what they're offering is worth, not how much you personally want to pay for them.
If you want to dictate how cable television is offered, then either buy a cable company, or get your government to launch its own city-owned cable television utility. | |
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join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | You know what's funny about this? I posed a question that NONE Of the cry-baby, nanny-state loving, upotian-living, ulta left socialist, give-me-everything entitlement driven user on this site can argue with and keep a straight face.
With most of my posts, I'm bashed at the first sense of having an opinion that doesn't fit the borg's collective thought.
I think too many people are having Goto line 20 error right now and their brains are smoking. | |
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join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA | I agree. It is distressing to encounter perspectives so tainted by entitlement mentality. Sometimes, the only basis I see them offering for their perspectives is selfishness ("I want"). :shrug: To be fair, though, perhaps not all of the comments come from people who are just selfish -- some folks commenting might simply be anti-capitalists. One of the great things about this country is that people who actually hold un-American perspectives are welcomed here. | |
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