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Robert McDowell




Sources: FCC, Public Knowledge

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RE: Gov't Subsidized Broadband? No Thank You.
By woody1 on 10/30/2011 5:49:49 PM , Rating: 3
The government had an initiative to provide mail delivery in rural areas, and before you say that it can be provided by private companies, this was long before UPS, Fedex, etc. existed. Rural mail service was a tremendous boon to people living in rural areas.

It's very fashionable in some circles to rail against the government. People need to do some research and discover what life was like before we had clean water, safe drugs, safe food, regulation of medicine and thousands of other things that people take for granted. Most of these things came about because of regulation and government intervention.

So,it's good to challenge government programs that don't work and are wasteful, but it's also important as well to acknowledge the benefits that government has produced.

By The Raven on 10/31/2011 2:33:52 AM , Rating: 2
Dude do you pay attention to the news AT ALL?

No, what is fashionable is to buy votes by either party. This program is BS and you all shou stop deflecting with 'more' needed programs. This is not one of them.

