Because that is essentially socialism. The idea with capitalism is that the market will eventually give you the best deal. Unfortunately this will not happen with a lack of competition. Which is why you need some regulation to ensure that the free hand of the market is in fact free.
the purpose of government is WHATEVER THE DOMINANT POLITICAL THEORIES SAY IT IS.
I'm sick and tired of idiots running around saying government should be doing this - but not be doing this...
Government should not be involved in our personal lives, but, should be banning gay marriage, abortion , etc.
STUPID HIPOCRITICAL BULLSHIT.
The government should protect its people their property and tax them to pay for it. That's a given. Anything else it does or doesn't do should be decided by INTELLIGENT VOTERS. unfortunately, America doesn't have any of them.
These idiots think PALIN is brilliant. Guess they didn't see the Couric interview or DO ANY STUDYING AT ALL about her. Not even that fossil-with one foot in the grave - John McChicken
Now, now, lets not attack him without thinking over the idea
Power transmission and other utility lines are already quazi-state/corporate partnerships, because 'competition' is difficult to do when there is really only one right-of-way for utility usage.
In this case we are again faced with a limited resource (frequency) that is already held in a quazi-government/corporate manor.
You cannot have pure capitalism when it comes to a finite resource like frequency spectrum. You HAVE to have government intervention, otherwise people would just be broadcasting signals over each other.
So then the question becomes, what role should government play in all of this? Some may argue that the government should take a more active role in managing radio frequencies in a similar way that they manage roads. This isn't 'socialism', it is simply the government managing finite resources.
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Why doesn't the government develop its own internet/cellular infrastructure, chare us to use it and use that money to balance the budget?
Because that is not the purpose of government. That and the government is so inefficient it would never be able to compete with major carriers.
Because you'd be charged $1000 per minute?
You really want the government more involved in your life?
Because that is essentially socialism. The idea with capitalism is that the market will eventually give you the best deal. Unfortunately this will not happen with a lack of competition. Which is why you need some regulation to ensure that the free hand of the market is in fact free.
the purpose of government is WHATEVER THE DOMINANT POLITICAL THEORIES SAY IT IS.
I'm sick and tired of idiots running around saying government should be doing this - but not be doing this...
Government should not be involved in our personal lives, but, should be banning gay marriage, abortion , etc.
STUPID HIPOCRITICAL BULLSHIT.
The government should protect its people their property and tax them to pay for it. That's a given. Anything else it does or doesn't do should be decided by INTELLIGENT VOTERS. unfortunately, America doesn't have any of them.
These idiots think PALIN is brilliant. Guess they didn't see the Couric interview or DO ANY STUDYING AT ALL about her. Not even that fossil-with one foot in the grave -
John McChicken
That's called communism....
This idiot FlashPoint thinks Big Ears Obama is BRILLIANT. What experience does he have? Oh yeah, he was a community organizer!
If they're illegally wiretapping us right now, imagine if they OWNED the infrastructure. Ouch.
Now, now, lets not attack him without thinking over the idea
Power transmission and other utility lines are already quazi-state/corporate partnerships, because 'competition' is difficult to do when there is really only one right-of-way for utility usage.
In this case we are again faced with a limited resource (frequency) that is already held in a quazi-government/corporate manor.
You cannot have pure capitalism when it comes to a finite resource like frequency spectrum. You HAVE to have government intervention, otherwise people would just be broadcasting signals over each other.
So then the question becomes, what role should government play in all of this? Some may argue that the government should take a more active role in managing radio frequencies in a similar way that they manage roads. This isn't 'socialism', it is simply the government managing finite resources.