JTRockville
Data Ho
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join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | So... the 1300 jobs cost Lafayette taxpayers $18m?
Interesting to know the Lafayette taxpayers are willing to subsidize private enterprise too. |
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Topmounter
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join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | Re: So... the 1300 jobs cost Lafayette taxpayers $
The Bellsouth person is concerned that... ...the municipally run fiber project could create a local monopoly.
I am at a loss for words. |
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batageek
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2 edits | reply to JTRockville
"Is it the place of a local government to subsidize the private sector?"
Hehehe
Very nice, JT....dodge, parry, lance, thrust! |
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to Topmounter
I think it's funny how giving consumers a choice is a monopoly. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
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BellSouth HR Dept. |
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blah194
join:2002-03-04
Lake Charles, LA | reply to JTRockville
What you people all fail to realize...
...is that this fiber project is NOT being funded by the Lafayette citizens, but by you guessed it, the federal government (a.k.a. the taxpayers). So you should keep that in mind next time you rail on about Bell and Cox being afraid of competition. |
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JTRockville
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| Which project is being funded with federal dollars? BS/Cingular call center, or the Lafayette municipal system?
Either way, I think you're mistaken.
The $18m for the BS/Cingular call center all came from Lafayette and Louisiana:
said by the advocate article in the news item:
The concessions include $10 million in state tax breaks, donation of land and the building from LEDA and discounted utilities from LUS, Gothreaux said.
State = Louisiana
LEDA = Lafayette Economic Development Authority
LUS = Lafayette Utilities System
I'm not sure how Lafayette plans to fund the municipal system, but I'd be absolutely shocked if the feds contributed. |
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jsouth
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Wichita, KS | reply to blah194
You do know you pay taxes to the state which are separate from federal taxes for things like this don't you? That is why you file a state tax return.
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BTK is Caught!!!! |
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | reply to cdru
Re: So... the 1300 jobs cost Lafayette taxpayers $
I was thinking it had to do more with government competing in the free-market. When the government competes in the free market as a not-for-profit institution then no sane private or publicly traded company can afford to compete. |
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JTRockville
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Rockville, MD
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| Private schools are doing just fine, even though free public schools exist. Lafayette won't be giving away subscriptions, so what's the problem?
Tacoma's Click! network is an example of a municipal system coexisting with investor-owned cable and telephone companies.
I don't see anyone going "belly up" over Lafayette's system, unless they're totally incompetent. |
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FiberNow
@cox.net | reply to JTRockville
Re: What you people all fail to realize...
Revenue bonds to be paid back over 25 years. |
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