stopstopp said:
ssj12 said:
stopstopp said:
FreeTalkLive said:
stopstopp said:
FreeTalkLive said:
stopstopp said:
Just another example of how USA just keeps getting worse. Why America WHY???
And yes internet is way too expensive and slow compared to other countries. Lack of competition is strangling us, plus the government won't spend the money to at least get internet to people despite the obvious need for it.
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It isn't the government's job to give people internet. Also, people don't need internet. This is at least true in the US. Maybe you live or have been somewhere where one of the reasons the government exists is to give internet to people. In the US, it's the job of people and private companies to work together to get internet.
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Face it or not, the internet is becoming a needed part of today. There is so much information on the internet and many jobs use the internet more and more. People need the internet more and more to be a competing country. Saying we don't need it makes us less competitive in the world market, and right now the US needs to be competitive as we are falling behind in virtually everywhere.
Also, internet obviously isn't everywhere it needs to be, the government could at least set up some infrastructure as I think up to half americans don't even have it.
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The US is falling behind because the government is too larger with too many rules and laws. Additionally, it has too much debt from too much spending. The solution is to remove many of the laws and cut the spending, not do the exact opposite and make things worse.
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Spending on things we need like for say internet and instead cutting off other things mean we don't have to raise the amount of spending to get some infrastructure. It only means we have to spend our money better.
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We don't need the internet. All we NEED is food, water, and shelter. Also, internet is private business that just needs net neutrality regulations that make it so the government can't do things like Egypt.
Other than getting itself out of debt, the US needs to boost its real infrastructure. Meaning, of course, the highway, railway, and power grid systems.
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I do agree there are more important infrastructure needs than the internet. However ignoring the internet and not embracing that it will be the future of jobs, sales, etc is stupid. The US needs to put in some infrastructure for it or it will fall behind in the world market as the same for the others. The priority might not favor the internet, but it is a growing and important part that needs to be brought to better standards.
The definition of need on a pure survival basis of hunting and gathering that definition would be correct. However today, to survive, people need jobs to get that food, water, and shelter. The internet is an important medium that is growing which will allow these people to get jobs. The internet as a need is there, and should not be ignored as such.
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