OK. Wasted was a poor choice of words, but even if the money does get back to the people in some way, it is not doing so in a way that really accomplishes something. Private companies do not invest in something that will not have a return that benefits them. Political spending sometimes will have no return other than political capital. It's like buying candy. You can buya a ton of it, and either eat it or give it away, but in the end it will be gone and very little will be accomplished other than the kids who now love you for doing it. So wasted was a bad term to use. How about used with little return if any. - Brian J. -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Black Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:20 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Way OT: RE: @Home's 119 domain names up for sale On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:57:25 -0500 "Brian Johnson" <bjohnson@drtel.com> wrote:
Holy communist manifesto batman!
Let's let the government fix everything. Hold on, hasn't that been tried already? Oh yeah the USSR. That was a blazing success.
Conservatives generally aren't against the government helping in areas NO ONE ELSE CAN. It is obvious to everyone involved that the government largely screws up these sorts of "initiatives" and most of the money ends up wasted anyways. It's these pork projects that kill us.
- Brian J.
Wasted? Please elaborate. It's not like the money vanishes. The money goes somewhere, usually to pay non-government salaries. Corporate Amerika is wasteful too: WorldCom, Global Crossing, Enron, and Halliburton. These are companies that hurt the lives of millions of Americans, including 40,000,000 citizens of California who pay double the national average for electricity because Enron gamed the system. We pay 15 cents per kilowatt! That wasn't completely the government's fault. matthew black california state university, long beach Note: Options expressed are mine and do not necessarily represent my employer.