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Comment Re:A win for freedom (Score 1) 1330

There is no justification for forcing anyone to pay for anything. Not even spaghetti. Government economic coercion is the real "slippery slope". Contraceptives are predictable expenses and have no business being in insurance, abortion is an elective procedure and shouldn't be covered either. The pressure to force these treatments to be "free" is entirely emotional, and could be said to come from socialist/satanic religious doctrines.

Comment Re:Let them drink! (Score 1) 532

Has it been proven? Many people who live excessively long lives end up with dementia and other age-related illnesses which are extremely expensive, not to mention the additional burdens they place on the public pension system. Since the system makes no other tax adjustments justified by projected lifetime social costs it seems clear the focus on smoking is primarily moralistic.

Comment Re:Problem #1: Usage Cap (Score 1) 184

You should vote with your dollars, find a provider that will give you unlimited usage with higher bandwidth. I'm sure there's plenty of ISPs that would be willing to drop an OC48 (2.4Gb) into your house for a quite a few grand a month.

That's like saying if the local gas chain started charging $4 per fluid oz you have no grounds for complaint since you could have a tanker truck fill up a 10,000 gallon tank in your yard. And why do you need more than a moped anyway? Caps are not justified by the ISP's level of congestion or by the price the ISP pays for bandwidth, it's price-gouging. As long as ISPs hang their wires all over the public ways and get exclusive franchise agreements customers should not put up with being scammed.

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