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Good deal. I'll pay 20k a year extra in taxes, but I'll save 30 bucks a month off internet
by jpcx01 18y ago
Good deal. I'll pay 20k a year extra in taxes, but I'll save 30 bucks a month off internet
- derefr 18y agoThat's not the compromise. You pay 20k a year extra in taxes, and save 30 bucks a month on pretty much every service you could be spending 30 bucks a month on. It adds up, especially when you consider that some things that you'd pay less for here are just of absolute crap quality, and you'd likely pay to upgrade here (like, say, paying for extra medical coverage) to take you to the base "free" level provided there.
- dantheman 18y agoUnless you don't want that service and are therefore subsidizing it for everyone else.
- sho 18y agoOh god yes, if only I could opt out of that terrible $11 100Mbps internet! How dare they fulfil their basic governmental mandate to take advantage of natural economies of scale to offer high quality basic services at a low price.
- dantheman 18y agoThe real cost isn't 11$, and it's debatable whether there is a government mandate to take advantage of natural economies of scale. I for one, don't believe that.
- sho 18y agoGot your own private sewerage line hooked up then, do you? Made a deal with a nearby power company to run some lines down to your house? Paid up your subscription to the Fire Fighters' Guild? Delivering basic services en masse is one of the core functions of government. Everyone going it alone is far less efficient. I struggle to think of a single example of a situation where organising utitily provisions individually is a better idea. Internet access is now a utility and it is being treated as one in progressive countries. How can you argue with that?
- dantheman 18y agoIf you live outside of major population areas, yes you often have private water, sewage, and hell in some places you have to opt to pay taxes to a neighboring towns fire department if you want service. I see nothing wrong with that. Oh, and lots of cities have private energy and water companies so I don't see what the problem is there? Why would you treat internet access differently than you would the telephone? Also, think of the massive improvement in telephone service once the government imposed monopoly of AT&T was broken up. Delivering basic services en masse isn't one of the core functions of government. The core function of government is national and local security/justice.
- m_eiman 18y agoAh yes, that horrible "doing something good for other people" thing, combined with the "creating a sense of belonging to a group" stuff. Horrible concepts, horrible.
- sho 18y agoYou have 100Mbps for $41? Where is that?