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In reply to the discussion: FCC Proposes Groundbreaking Free Public Wi-Fi Throughout United States; Mobile Companies Protest [View all]bobclark86
(1,415 posts)to compensate for my ditched cell phone and home internet, and the service is even close to as good as my Time Warner cable modem and my Verizon cell phone, I'd say build that bitch!
Good use for those Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics guys who won't have missiles to build once we cut the DoD budget to compensate for the project. We have some of the best and brightest engineering minds in this country (and guys from other countries come here all the time, too), so let's turn them from weapons of war to something useful.
Everyone keeps their jobs, taxes stay the same and we stop bringing home my classmates in body bags. How is this not full of teh win?
Oh, wait. It's "people socialism" and not "corporate socialism."
Actually, all the defense contractors find lots of work, so it IS corporate socialism. Just a small handful of companies get shat on, but they'll find other places to make money. It's what their boards pay them for.