Joel Jaeggli writes: > traditional argument by entrenched monopolists against public-owned fiber > projects.
Who else do you expect to oppose public-owned fiber projects? Let's say that the fiber costs $14M. The government increases taxes by $20 on the 728,921 people who live in SF. That's the total interest that any one person has in stopping the project. $20. Since the chances of stopping the project are pretty slim, let's say one in ten, the expected benefit of opposing the project is $2. $2 barely pays for the materials to write a letter to the editor, much less the time to compose the letter, much less put in the effort necessary to get that one in ten chance. No, the only people you can expect to oppose this project are the "entrenched monopolists". The citizens who oppose it are unlikely to do anything, because it's just not worth their time. Most government action works like this. A few people want it, and it's worth a lot to them. Most people don't want it, but the benefit of stopping it is so small that they don't. Now you see why Walter Williams is advocating secession. There is essentially no way to fix a government once it starts pitting citizen against citizen. Gotta start over again with a new government. If we start soon enough, we can do it peacefully. -- --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Violence never solves Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | problems, it just changes 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 212-202-2318 voice | them into more subtle Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | FWD# 404529 via VOIP | problems. _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
