[TriLUG] OT: URGENT: H.129 to be heard in Thursday's Finance Committee!

[bak]

On 3/15/11 3:06 PM, David Hostetler wrote:

> Going back to your government has all the answers idea,

This is a straw man I often see from libertarians. I don't think
government has all the answers -- I just don't think our interests are
always well represented by the competition of two corporations.

> Take a look at Greece, UK, Italy, and several others in Europe to
> see how well the socialist idea is working out for them. 

Or, to take a counterexample, maybe Sweden or Norway, where the
population is less dense than ours and they still have managed to get
broadband penetration at a rate 30-50% higher than in the U.S. EUR90/mo
in Sweden will get you 1Gbps. Let me know when their imminent collapse
becomes even more imminent than it is now.

> P.S. Social Security is the biggest rip off I've ever seen.  Let me keep my
> own money and invest it for my future.

So Dave, last time you lost your job, did you collect unemployment, or
did you turn up your nose at a socialist handout?

--bak