noone1
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Nashua, NH
3 edits | reply to Titus Pullo
said by Titus Pullo  :said by pnh102 :It is pathetic how the flaming Left in this country has confused the term "right" and "entitlement." Sure, everyone has a "right" to Wifi. There is nothing stopping you from working, earning some money and buying the needed tools yourself. Its no different than there being a right to free speech and free press. Does this mean the government is required to provide you with the means to exercise those rights? Of course not. Some other posters here have mentioned guns. Under Mayor Newsom's reasoning, the right to gun ownership requires that the government give free guns out to everyone. And what's equally pathetic about the flaming right in this country is how they never acknowledge the amount of corporate entitlements handed out in pork barrel spending by right-leaning houses of congress. These particular pols even have the audacity to vote themselves cost of living raises with amazing regularity while refusing to raise the minimum wage, often within the same session. All congresses do it, but at least the left isn't averse to tossing crumbs. Well, considering the topic has nothing to do with minimum wage, then you are WAY off topic here. said by Titus Pullo :In case you didn't know, that's called "Corporate Welfare," Again, you are WAY off topic, looks like you just want to rant on. As a small business owner, your so called "corporate Welfare" mean my company pays lower taxes and I can grow my company faster, hire more people and pay them better.said by Titus Pullo : but I know you don't consider that an "entitlement" when blowing chow at the thought of giving the poor an education. That's an entitlement too, last I checked. People without children pay taxes for other people's kids to go to school. But I'm sure you'd like to privatize the school system and get rid of public anything. How is it again that more profit for a handful of corporations benefits the many? You've failed to convince me how that works yet. How can you make ANY assertions as to the prior posters stances on education given what he posted? You can not.said by Titus Pullo :Your ignorance to the value of a "Social Good" within a society is eclipsed only by your hatred of what it provides those who would benefit from the concept. Nice personal attact on the prior poster based purely conjecture from your previous rant above. If ANYONE has hatred, given the tone of your posting, outright attack on a poster without knowing where they stand, it is you. Also, who defines "Social Good"? You, Teddy Kennedy? karl Marx? Pat Roberts? Sounds like legislating morality.said by Titus Pullo :The ability for a poor individual to rise above their station in life will increasingly fall to governments worldwide, so I'd get over it or you'll need a bib for all that chow you're going to hurl. Yes, and this is a continuing problem. The entitlement mentality that has evolved when the social net is too strong. Let the "government do it" really means, take food from MY family, at threat of gun point, and give it to those who did not earn it. It denies my children a better future. I DID work my way up from poverty and only needed to government to help me secure loans for my school, that I have paid back in full plus interest. said by Titus Pullo :Nations with liberal education policies have the highest standard of living on the face of the earth -- whatever their political system. Ok, still way off topic from the original article and prior post but... Our country spends more per student in education then any other, why is our education system ranked much lower? Obviously it is not a money issue.said by Titus Pullo :As to the topic of this thread, if Google or some other interest will provide free WiFi to the public, how are you going to stop this from happening and why would you object -- regardless of what a Mayor thinks or says? Why dont you calm down and read the article and posts again, it is about the Mayor of San Fran saying that free Wifi is a "civil right". I think Martin Luther King Jr. would think other wise. If Google wants to give away free Wifi so they can track your net usage, all the power to them. If the municipal wants to give free Wifi, great! Not a SINGLE person in this WHOLE thread has said otherwise. What is with this last rant about stopping them? |
