Larry,
We're getting way off topic now. We could go on and on, but before
someone rightfully objects, I just wanted to address the point that
broadband is NOT cheaper elsewhere than it is in the U.S. BTW, little in
this world is free. The healthcare of government employees certainly is not.
Taking money from someone with an implied threat of force (if you do not pay
your taxes the govt. will send men with guns to come get you and put you in
prison) is robbery. It's theft. It's immoral.
Point made.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MAX Wireless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 12:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Lars Aronsson'; 'nycwireless'
> Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read!
>
>
>
> Jim,
>
> I think you might have been drinking too much of the
> right-wing Kool-aid. This country was formed for the "Common
> Good" of the people.
>
> Our friends in Europe understand that principle, and while
> their taxes are higher, they receive many more services than
> we do for our tax money. I don't mind paying my share of the
> tax load, but I don't like what the money is used for. We
> subsidize government employees with free health care, so why
> shouldn't the rest of the population be afforded the same
> service. Our European friends don't spend near the money on
> the military that we do and can use that money to provide for
> a better quality of life for ALL their citizens rather than
> blowing holes in the sand of some foreign country in support
> of the American oil companies.
>
> Jim, think "Common Good".
>
> Larry
>
>
> "Every gun that is made, every warship that is launched,
> every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from
> those who are hungry and are not fed, those that are cold and
> are not clothed." Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Jim Henry
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:06 AM
> To: 'Lars Aronsson'; 'nycwireless'
> Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read!
>
> Lars,
> I'm OK with street lights and quite a bit more, but
> you've got to draw the line somewhere. I certainly don't want
> my tax dollars paying for soeone else's water, electricity,
> gas, medicine, education, healthcare, etc. As to the cost of
> your broadband connection, I'd be willing to bet you are not
> counting the taxes you and your fellow subjects pay for that
> municipal fiber network as part of that $40/month. Beyond
> that, I'd also bet you pay a much larger percentage of your
> income in taxes than I, though mine are already far too high.
> Taxation is theft and thus immoral.
>
> Jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> > Of Lars Aronsson
> > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 7:46 AM
> > To: 'nycwireless'
> > Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read!
> >
> >
> > Jim Henry wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious, does anyone know if in these countries
> where broadband
> > > is cheaper and more prevalent than the U.S., is it really
> cheaper or
> > > is it subsidized by the government? I honestly don't know the
> > > answer. I would like it to be cheaper here also and more
> > > widespread, but not at the expense of free enterprise.
> > > If it takes socialism to accomplish this, I don't want it.
>
>
>
>
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