On Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 6:19 PM <fiber...@mail.com> wrote: > Lewis Bergman wrote: > > At the root is that you somehow believe government involvement is always > good. > Now don't you go putting words in my mouth! > I never said such a thing. >
You have made a case for it I do not think government involvement is always good. Neither do I > believe that government involvement is always bad. > > By your own words, you fall into the latter camp. I consider both > positions to be extreme, and not a considered approach. Always having a > knee jerk reaction rarely leads to an optimal result. > Don't go pouring words in my mouth. Not everything,but most. > History doesn't back you up, especially where broadband is concerned. > Oh, goodie! A history lesson! Please tell me more. Out of the 450 > community networks in the US, how many did not work out and why? > Go ahead, enlighten me. > > Government, most any government, does a pretty poor job if what it > should be doing much less tasks it > > has no business doing. > I'm sure government does a lot of things wrong and the wrong things. > Use your vote to change that. You'll have a chance to do so agsin next > week. > You must be unfamiliar with the US system if you thinks voting changes much of anything around here. Neither party is interested in smaller government or generally making things better. > You sound like someone who makes a living directly benefiting from tax > dollars. > > Or even worse, done quasi governmental agency with the tax or secured > money benefits but no accountability. > I'm so sorry to disappoint you. > Why do you have something against people who get paid with tax dollars? > Does this animosity extend to police, firefighters and enlisted > personnel? > Nice. Sure. I hate everyone. Basic logical fallacy. Police and firefighters are actually part of what the government should be doing. Enlisted? Why stop there? What about officers? Puppies, babies. What a load of emotional bait. I would have thought you were above that. > Jared >
