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It doesn't HAVE to be super political, there are municipal water, sewer, electric, and gas utilities all over the country and they are very rarely politicized. If you consider broadband a basic need (I do) then it makes sense for it to be provided by the community just like those other utilities.

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What isn't and is politicized is not a logical deduction, nor is it rational. Its emotional.

>If you consider broadband a basic need (I do) then it makes sense

I don't think having such a simple gating mechanism for prescribing government policy makes much sense. I also consider food to be a basic need, but I don't want a government cheeseburger.

Like I said, I'm all for the public owning the last mile and then the private players compete.

Funny you should say that because you are getting a government cheeseburger... "sixty three percent of the U.S. government food subsidies go directly or indirectly to subsidize the meat and dairy industries. Less than 1 percent goes to fruit and vegetable cultivation." (1)

I don't personally eat red meat or dairy. So people like me are basically paying for everyone else to go to McDonald's with my taxes.

(1) - http://usmfreepress.org/2013/04/29/meat-subsidies-strip-othe...

>So people like me are basically paying for everyone else to go to McDonald's with my taxes.

I suppose then you also take personal responsibility for the bombs dropped in Syria?

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