On Jul 17, 2004, at 1:19 PM, Sasha Pachev wrote:
> The government has no business taxing its citizens and using the fundsI'm not real fond of all of Mr. Hatch's ideas, but I do think that if high-speed internet infrastructure were in place, it'd be a lot more convenient. No more "Is my number reachable by DSL?". I *think* that more people could get into the market, and prices would go down.
> to compete unfairly against private high-speed network providers. Way
> to monkey wrench the economy, Provo! While you're at it, make sure
> Orrin Hatch doesn't forget to legislate your shiny new network to
> death. From the looks of it, this whole ``free market'' thing must be
> getting quite annoying for Utah's constituents.
That is not how I see it. The governement is not that evil, and the private industry is not that good. In fact, the private industry would get us into big trouble if the government was not there to set the rules on what you can or cannot do. The goverment could do a good job in industries that accomplish more good for the society that the profit they would be able to generate. Perhaps a fast Internet connection infrastructure is one of those areas.
~Michael
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