It kind of depends on what the majority of people in the entire country thinks
ought to be standard levels of infrastructure. If you live in the country,
which things are you willing to not have just because there aren't as many
people to distribute the cost for? Certainly street lights aren't expected in
rural areas (and they're probably not wanted anyway). Is a hospital within a
reasonable distance one of those things? What's reasonable? Electricity. Should
everyone have it with a reasonable cost? The people that came before us decided
that electricity was a basic service that everyone should have. Same with phone
service.
We are now debating this same thing with regard to internet service, and
further whether it should or should not be provided over fiber.
bp
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On 10/29/2016 1:58 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
Because I have run the numbers myself and performed the market research. The
average person in my community is unwilling to pay enough to recoup the
investment in an acceptable time-frame. That being the case, why is it someone
else's responsibility to pay for what our community is unwilling to pay? I want
a Bugatti but I don't think you should get me one.
