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[zman <zman AT shell.neverwhere.org>]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Phillip Rhodes wrote:
> Bothersome?  Why?

We've already paid for it, both for cable and telcom. Tax breaks, 
subsidies, and free right-of-way. If they are to compete for real then 
they should pay. If a town or city would like to improve their 
infrastructure they should be allowed.

> Do you think government should collect involuntary
> tax revenues and then spend that money to compete with private enterprise?  I 
> certainly do not.   Let the telecom companies compete
> on their own merits... if citizens in rural areas want to voluntarily
> fund improvements to their infrastructure in order to attract businesses, 
> that's fine... but why not let them form a voluntarily funded, non-profit 
> coop in order to do it.
>
>
> TTYL,
>
>
> Phil
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>
> And when the people complained, it
> displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard
> it; and his anger was kindled; and the
> fire of the LORD burnt among them, and
> consumed them that were in the uttermost
> parts of the camp. Numbers 11:1

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