From: Joe E. Dees (jdees0@students.uwf.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 17 1998 - 17:07:17 MST
Date sent: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:13:45 -0500
From: Michael Lorrey <mike@lorrey.com>
Organization: Mikeysoft
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: The Education Function
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> Joe E. Dees wrote:
>
> > Date sent: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:19:14 -0500
> > From: Michael Lorrey <mike@lorrey.com>
> > >
> > > Since its their money to begin with, just because the government takes less
> > > from them than you think they should does not make it welfare. Since
> > > corporations cannot vote, why should they pay for government programs? Its
> > > taxation without representation, the very principle we had the Revolution
> > > over.
> > >
> > > YOU voted for the fat government programs YOU want. If you want them so bad
> > > then YOU pay for it, dammit.
> > >
> > > Mike Lorrey
> > >
> > >
> > I'm also talking about government GIFTS to corporations; free
> > airwave franchises which would bring billions if sold and bid on in
> > free markets
>
> As far as I know all airwave franchises are paid for, and were fairly bid on,
> except for the original television band assigned way back when, however all
> broadcasters pay for their frequency.
>
> > , ridiculously low assessments for mineral rights,
> > grazing rights, water rights and logging rights (far less than their
> > market value) on public land (our land)
>
> a) if its undeveloped, i.e. no meanse of extracting the resources, then its not
> worth much. most of the cost goes into building roads, wells, dams, fences, etc.
>
> > , subsidized irrigation to
> > corporate agriculture, and cut-rate electricity to corporations.
>
> Corporations get lower rates because they use more of it. Its called quantity
> discounting, just like any other business.
>
> > You
> > don't like welfare to the poor, eh? Then why do you favor it for the
> > already wealthy (enough to lobby for such special treatment)?
>
So you rationalize excuses for corporate welfare. Why? Because
there are no rational reasons for it. Joe
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