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Re: Then I want my money back said by Pathfinder:said by karlmarx:Yes, Verizon and AT&T. You only built the copper network using MY DOLLARS. I want a refund. You built the network as part of Ma Bell, which was seriously heavily funded by the taxpayers. All the profits you've made over the last 30 years were based on that investment. Let's do this, you've gotten about $5 trillion of benefits over the 100 years that we've had phones. You pay a fine of just $3 Trillion, and you can stop supporting the infrastructure. Just because you USED to make money hand over fist, does not give you the right to keep making money in the future. So, if you want to give it up, that is YOUR RIGHT. However, I want MY MONEY BACK if you choose to go that route. Any facts to back this up? Of course not. because it ain't true
The Bell System was a regulated monopoly, guaranteed a rate of return from their customers, not taxpayers. I suppose if you were a customer at the time, those could be the dollars being referenced, but you did receive a reliable service in return. |
