Go Chargers7
Fa Shizzle Ma Nizzle
Premium
join:2002-09-24
Huntington Beach, CA
| reply to ross
Re: Not All Is Lost
What's good for GM is good for America? Well seeing as mega manufacturers like GM and Boeing run the economy, their economic health is essential to every other company in one way or another.
Some anti-business rhetoric is typical of people like you. While you collect your paychecks you wish nothing but ill for the businesses that support your living. I find people like you contemptuous. It's time people like you start showing some gratitude to the businesses that make it possible for you to enjoy such a luxurious living that you can waste time worried about DSL content providers.
--
Nuclear fission: made in America; tested in Japan. |
|
ross
join:2000-08-16
 ·Digizip
| reply to Go Chargers7
Apparently, you form most of your opinions despite the historical facts.
I can only presume you are relying on the ability of the Telcos and Cablecos to seize monopoly control of distribution and content, and the concomitant ability to charge ever more, for less and less, to fund YOUR continued employment and golden years? Well, if I were you, I wouldn't be so confident that your loyalty will translate to their honoring their obligations to their employees. They certainly don't pay much mind to their customers. Their attitude towards their customers would have resulted in the demise of the Telcos long ago if they had not been a protected monopoly. In the long run, they will surely fail, despite the enduring resilience of American consumers in the face of repeated abuse, and despite the willingness of government to allow their grasping excess.
Feel good drivel, is it? Well, by contrast, I am not a believer in the "What's good for GM, is good for America" jingoist point of view. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act didn't arise from the mist. It was a reasonable and measured reaction to the excessive abuses, and negative economic impact, of unimpeded naked capitalism. An impact measured by the misery it generated throughout all levels society. The attempt by the state to protect its' citizens from exploitation by oligarchic monopolies, such as the RBOCs represent, should not be allowed to be thwarted by the extortionist tactics being employed by these same entities. |
|
Go Chargers7
Fa Shizzle Ma Nizzle
Premium
join:2002-09-24
Huntington Beach, CA
| reply to Anon
WTF? My post turned anon with no posting tag. Weird. And social contract? What feel good B.S. They have no social contract. Perhaps you should provide your services at a reduced cost because of your social contract with your employer who was nice enough to provide you with a job.
What feel-good drivel. More proof that there is nothing interesting to be found in the BPF. Just anti-telco, gov't should run the universe, all businesses are evil nonsense.
--
Nuclear fission: made in America; tested in Japan.
[text was edited by author 2003-01-28 23:01:30] |
|
Anon | reply to ross
Subsidized...like a zillion years ago...since then Telcos have spent their own money on billions of dollars in upgrades.
And I don't need to read rants and raves from the teen steam leftist anti-Powell crowd in the BPF. I form my own opinions from facts...not other people's rants or manufactured history.
Cities want to deploy...let them grab their $600 shovels and start diggin'. |
|
