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wtansill
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Falls Church, VA

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said by ieolus See Profile :

Funny, you seem to have electricity as you are connected to the Internet...

The government (whether Federal, State, or Local) does quite well providing universal services to the citizens. It is pure right-wing bullshit to say what you said.
Damn -- and here all this time I thought that the utility providing my electricity was Dominion Virginia Power. At least that's the entity to which my checks have been written. And yet all along it was the "gubmint"...
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permalink · 2006-02-09 13:43:14 · Print · Reply to this

calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

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...and ieolus totally ignores the fact that the government efforts to provide "universal service" in telecom have become nothing more than slush funds supporting companies running telecom exchanges which, years ago, were deemed "rural", ignoring whether or not today they are rich resort areas or densely populated suburbs.

"Universal service" has become as corrupt as other government subsidy programs including crop and tobacco support payments--now going to enterprises often formed around the concept of milking the government payment stream.

calvoiper
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permalink · 2006-02-09 16:09:39 · Print · Reply to this
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