| NJ5 said: @TheRealMafoo: Are you sure no public funding went into phone or power networks?
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Not sure any went into cell phone networks, but yea, they did.
The point is it's been proven that these things can be done without the government. We just think they can't, because (in out lifetime), they always have.
The federal government used to not pay for roads. Yet another entitlement they took upon themselves to provide for the people.
If the internet was run by the federal government, do you think it would be as robust and efficient as it is today? Hell no. Why can that logic not be applied to all mass networks?
I think the federal governments only roles should be to protect me while on the roads, and restricting where a road can go. So speed limits, quality requirements, and so forth should be applied, but private run roads would be like everything else. Cheeper and better.
