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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/