02-06-2009, 08:35 PM
CB..."Hence our overall infrastructure is in collapse. I personally think much of the infrastructure should be massively re-regulated and nationalized. After all, our tax dollars made the initial investment. Deregulation has been very, very, very bad for the US."
I'm still on a rural electric Co-op that was a product of the New Deal. It was privatized in the 40's and is owned by it's users. I have a piece of the pie and even get to vote on board memebers! How great is that? Great service, excellent upgrades in equipment and services. I couldn't be happier.
As far as the internet goes, our tax dollars may have made the initial investment (the original military/university systems), but again, it took private enterprise to expand, upgrade, and install services. I don't want any more government control of the internet than what we have now and that's what you will get if the government gets it's nose in the tent. I'm out here in the boonies, but high speed internet service is avaliable to anyone who wants it. Hughes Net (private enterprise) will gladly set you up. You'll pay for it, but that's the great American way.
I'm still on a rural electric Co-op that was a product of the New Deal. It was privatized in the 40's and is owned by it's users. I have a piece of the pie and even get to vote on board memebers! How great is that? Great service, excellent upgrades in equipment and services. I couldn't be happier.
As far as the internet goes, our tax dollars may have made the initial investment (the original military/university systems), but again, it took private enterprise to expand, upgrade, and install services. I don't want any more government control of the internet than what we have now and that's what you will get if the government gets it's nose in the tent. I'm out here in the boonies, but high speed internet service is avaliable to anyone who wants it. Hughes Net (private enterprise) will gladly set you up. You'll pay for it, but that's the great American way.