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Re: Monopolies galore in PA
We have more than one broadband solution in most cases. There are several smaller WISPs that everyone always likes to forget about, Verizon, independent DSL entities, and of course Comcast. Prolog isn't even available here.
What is funny about this article is that it propagates the utopian myth of "government competition" with private industry to make good for the citizenry. Does anyone actually believe the government can compete with private industry on even remotely the same levels, or only around election time when it sounds nice? Is government responsible for showing a dime of profit, being held responsible to shareholders, or offering incentives to the community? Untaxed, unlimited state income (that can always be raised until the citizens will revolt and give no more) confiscated from an unsuspecting crowd makes for "great" government fiscal policy time and again. If you think that a politician gets re-elected on the issue of broadband policy, you need to re-examine your priorities and get a life, quite frankly.
I already have concerns about the thought processes that lead to the kind of reckless thinking that prompted anyone to vote for the current Governor who rode into town on the promise of a tax increase (to the tune of 34% and that's just for education of course). The PA legislature is doing this one thing to ensure that this administration doesn't reach even further in our pockets. Boy do we hear the complaints from people who don't even live in this state or, ironically, have fled because of nothing other than the taxes. I applaud fellow Central PA voters for keeping politicians in office who continually resist confiscatory practices by our politicians.
I urge any PA citizen to look at the state liquor stores if they want a good example of what a good state-run monopoly looks like.
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