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Tax increases, blah blah, socialist communistic bastards, blah, blah.Keep shouting the mantra of "government is bad", and keep voting the way you obviously do to achieve your self-fulfilling prophecy.

We've all seen the way that power utilities, sewer and water, and healthcare work best when in the hands of private corporations, without "unnecessary government oversight".

I'm not saying I want the government in charge of the internet (this one just got a green light from itself to continue spying on you), but let's be realistic, there are certain things that government does well, that if left to private enterprise would be crippled, with everything costing more for "extras" like touch-tone service under the AT&T Ma Bell System.

Give it some honest thought. Would you rather have an HMO telling you which doctor you can see and denying payment for "unapproved" treatments? Is it better to have a system bled dry by
having administrative tasks duplicated throughout the system, resulting in 1/3 of the money not going to supplying the core service?

Would I feel alright with paying $5 a year in higher sales taxes or property taxes or income taxes to supply broadband service to everyone, and remove my existing bill? Hell yes.
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