On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Tim Sylvester <t...@avanzarnetworks.com>wrote:

> Yes, I am amazed. Amazed by the bitching and whining about government on
> this list by people who ...
>
> - sell wireless service using spectrum "owned" by everyone and allocated to
> them by the FCC for free or low cost.
>

Since I'm included in "everyone" its my right to provide the service to
everyone else.


> - sell access to the Internet, a network originally funded and developed by
> DARPA and later funded by the National Science Foundation.
>

And they used my tax dollars to do so.


> - drive on roads funded with taxpayer dollars and maintained by the
> government.
>

Again, my tax dollars.


> - sell Internet service in rural areas to farmers that receive billions in
> government subsidies per year.
>

And thats a bad deal.


> - connect CPE equipment to electrical service that was funded by the Rural
> Electric Administration.
>

Another bad deal.


> - use VA health services.
>

Not I.


> - will use Medicare and Social Security when they retire.
>

I'm not counting on it.


> - call the police and fire department when they need help.
>

I've never called them. Still my tax dollars.


> - send their kids to public schools.
>

Nope, not here.


>
> Amazing.
>
> Tim
>
>
I'd trade it all in a heartbeat if the government would reciprocate by
shutting down to a bare minimum. -RickG



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