On the contrary Brad. Not all but a lot of what you just said I agree
with. You are obviously a sharp thinker and I absolutely respect that.
Thank you for taking the time to explain your thinking.
Best of luck.
Respectfully,
jack
Brad Belton wrote:
> Jack,
>
>
>
> Your police analogy is flawed.
>
>
>
> While it may take a larger police force to serve and insure the safety of a
> larger population it does not take a larger government body with increased
> invasion of those people's lives to govern effectively. A larger population
> requires no more or fewer laws than a small population as the laws are
> applied to all regardless of the size of population.
>
>
>
> Agreed, the more people that "give up" and begin to simply depend on the
> government to provide for them the worse our country (or any country)
> becomes. This is exactly what big government wants; the people to become
> more dependent on them. The more dependent the people become on big
> government the more power they have over your life and the fewer freedoms
> you enjoy.
>
>
>
> Why is it that so many small businesses exist? They exist partly because
> they can provide a better service/price than the "big guys". Wireless
> providers (other than those looking for a handout to keep their doors open)
> exist because the ILECs created an opportunity that we identified and acted
> upon. Capitalism and the market works well as long as big government stays
> out of it. I don't know about the rest here, but the more the big Telco's
> charge the better my business does!
>
>
>
> What does America have to show for all the ridiculous recent spending? GM
> is still losing Billions of dollars, the big banks that were forced to take
> TARP haven't changed and many have repaid TARP to get the government out of
> their business. Is it such a bad thing to own and operate a small business
> with no long term debt? Sure, it makes getting the company off the ground
> that much harder, but it also creates a personal investment and commitment
> by the proprietor beyond any cash infusion.
>
>
>
> Unemployment is nearing record highs as those (evil guys) that employ people
> weather the storm of uncertainty. People are losing their homes.many of
> which never should have been afforded the privilege of home ownership if it
> were not for big government forcing lenders to lend to unqualified buyers.
>
>
>
> I can go on, but I get the feeling none of this makes any sense to you,
> Jack. That's fine with me.there are those that do and those that.I don't
> know.just coast along I guess?
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
>
>
> Brad
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Jack Unger
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:55 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Common Carrier or what: The FCC's role in regulation of
> net-neutrality
>
>
>
> Brad,
>
> You are misunderstanding or ignoring what I've been saying so let's try it
> again.
>
> When you have more people crowded into the same space your are going to have
> more frequent and more complex problems, including more fighting over the
> available amount of resources. Like it or not, attempting to maintain order
> is expected of government, be it large or small government. A two-person
> police force is expected to be able to maintain order in a tiny community
> and a 10,000 person police force is expected to be able to maintain order in
> a large city. A two-person (small government) police force will not be able
> to maintain order in New York or Los Angeles. "Socialism" (however that is
> defined or mis-defined) has nothing to do with this basic dynamic.
>
> America was built by hard-working people who thrived within the limited
> government framework that the founding fathers provided. Unfortunately
> today, 99% of the working people have lost or given up their power to govern
> their own lives. That power now resides in the hands of large corporations
> (banks, factory farms, seed companies, meat processors, insurance companies,
> news networks, incumbent telecom companies, etc.). Government has
> unfortunately become complicit in this dynamic. Today, big money
> corporations control government by "buying off" politicians through large
> campaign contributions. It doesn't matter if the politicians are Democrats
> or Republicans. Our big-money political system has corrupted virtually all
> of them. Until we fix our broken political system by removing the
> corrupting effect of big money, none of us will regain the freedoms that
> were fought for and won by our ancestors.
>
> jack
>
>
>
> Brad Belton wrote:
>
> Jack,
>
> I completely disagree with the notion that America has to become smaller to
> have a smaller less invasive government! It is a socialist mentality to
> think that only government can grow America or help Americans.
>
> America achieved its success by people utilizing their abilities to better
> themselves and their lives free of an overly burdening government. America
> was not built by grants, entitlements or anything big government can
> possibly provide. Instead our constitution provides a framework outlining
> government limitations, so as to prevent government to ever be able to
> control the people it governs. The people of the republic govern not the
> other way around.
>
> Countless Americans have given their lives to protect the very freedom big
> government takes away. Government run health care just happens to be the
> straw that broke the camel's back and Americans are saying enough is enough
> in overwhelming numbers.
>
>
> Brad
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Jack Unger
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:48 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Common Carrier or what: The FCC's role in regulation of
> net-neutrality
>
> Brad,
>
> There is really only one way to get a smaller government without
> throwing society into total disarray. That method is to have a smaller
> country, in other words, a lower level of population. With an exploding
> population there is just no way that I can see to get a smaller government.
>
> If only reclaiming our country for working people was as easy as voting
> the incumbents out that would be GREAT but unfortunately it's not that
> simple. Voting the incumbents out won't result in government doing a
> better job for working people because the real influence is the
> big-corporation money that finances the election campaigns for each new
> crop of political nominees. The big-money lobbyists remain when each old
> group of politicians is voted out so the big-money corporation's power
> actually becomes greater and greater as time goes on.
>
> The solution that I propose is equal public financing for ALL political
> campaigns. Each nominee (and incumbent) would receive an equal number of
> taxpayer dollars to run their campaign. This will help ALL candidates
> remember who they are supposed to be working for (working-class
> taxpayers, not large corporations).
>
> As to regaining some influence for working people with regard to banks,
> I'd recommend that everyone put their money in a local credit union or
> small local community bank. My money has been kept in a local community
> credit union for over 20 years and I feel good about it being there.
> It's contributing to the community instead of being used in an
> irresponsible fashion and/or used against the best interests of the
> community.
>
> Best,
> jack
>
>
> Brad Belton wrote:
>
>
> The fundamental difference that Jack fails to recognize is if a bank (or
> organization other than the government) does treat you unfairly you have
> recourse. If your own government treats you unfairly, you have little to
>
>
> no
>
>
> recourse.
>
>
>
> Yes, we can all only hope the majority of Americans will continue to stand
> up and say no more to big government. A smaller less intrusive government
> is what America needs. In order to achieve this we have to remove the
> career politicians from office that have clearly lost touch with the
>
>
> people
>
>
> that elected them.
>
>
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Jack Unger
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:01 PM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Common Carrier or what: The FCC's role in regulation
>
>
> of
>
>
> net-neutrality
>
>
>
> So, now that government has been drowned, the huge banks, insurance
> companies, telecoms can do whatever they want to you whenever they want to
> do it.
>
> BWaaaah, haaa, haaaa, haaa, haaaaggggh....
>
>
> Frank Crawford wrote:
>
> YES
>
> Jack Unger wrote:
>
>
> I trust that government will be able to keep up just fine. Do you
> support the alternative of making government so small that you can drown
> it in a bathtub?
>
> Glenn Kelley wrote:
>
>
>
> Title II of the Communications Act-the section that regulates
> telecommunications common carriers is now being considered by the FCC to
> oversee broadband. FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell during a talk he
> gave to the Free State Foundation asked: (see First Do No Harm: A
>
>
> broadband
>
>
> plan for Amercia)
> "Exactly what kind of companies might get tangled up into this regulatory
> Rubik's Cube?.Any Internet company that offers a voice application?" .
>
>
> "With
>
>
> this newfound authority, why stop at voice apps? Isn't voice just another
> type of data app? As the distinction between network operators and
> application providers continues to blur at an eye-popping rate, how will
>
>
> the
>
>
> government be able to keep up?"
>
>
> Much more on the blog: www.HostMedic.com -->
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________
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>
> _________
> Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com
> Email: [email protected]
> Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
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