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Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

There are positive externalities to wi-fi. Just like a telephone. If you're the only with it it, it's useless. The more others use it, the more it is profitable for you to have one. So people won't get wi-fi until more people have it, so we need the government to get it jump-started.

I don't think wi-fi is as critical as the telephone, and I've made my living the last 10 years in Internet-related businesses and technology.

I noticed your chart, by the way. I already said earlier that I don't think a per capita comparison is fair, given the sizeable difference in population. But as long as we're doing comparisons, we ought to compare those countries tax rates with our own.

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

A straw man, indeed.

It may be we have finally found someone who has a worse understanding of the concept of a straw man than even Cali Coug. I didn't think it possible.

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

You will find that he does that a lot. Says something, only to say 8 pages later that he never actually took any position at all. You may find this link helpful:

http://cougarguard.com/forum/showpos...9&postcount=72

Let's hope Lebowski is reading this thread: I'm not the one turning it into a referendum on Tex-hate.