@John Eusebio: You've listed some economic reasons why it makes sense for those in rural areas to have broadband internet access. I agree. But those are also reasons why they should pay for it. As an analogy, it makes economic sense to get a college education, so millions of people pay for their own, or their…

@John Eusebio: You're right, I don't expect they'd give it away for free, and that it it'd just be subsidized, perhaps so rural residents pay on par with what urban residents pay for similar speeds.

@stpierreluke: Oh I've read it plenty of times. It's popular fiction, but it's still fiction.

@Denver: Sniff. Sniff.

@John Eusebio: I'm not sure what the best route is, but then again, that's not my job. I think this is a bad idea, so I would choose not to donate. But to those who think "the government" should pay for this, again, remember that the government has no money. So that means that people have to pay for it, whether it's…

@stpierreluke: What deregulation of Wall Street? That's complete fiction.

@Dogen: It's not a false dichotomy. If I, and 53% of the rest of the population, do not want our money spent on other people's broadband, but our money is taken anyway, then it is done so by force. You either support that taking by force or you do not. How can it be any other way?

@showbiz2: No one said fuck the farmers and rural people. No one said they don't deserve shit. No one aside from you, that is.

@Denver: An appropriate response for someone too lazy to support his own causes, expecting others to carry that burden.

@JohnnyricoMC: Yes, I'd be okay with that, because the market would provide. If there is demand for a service, then there will be a supply.

@showbiz2: At least you're consistent; you're for stealing your neighbors produce and having the government steal workers money through taxes. Nice.

@Dogen: Well then Dogen, why don't you tell me what you mean, rather than leaving me to guess.

@Brian Alexander: Brian, there's a lot of stuff I'd love to have, but can't afford. Guess what? I don't have those things.

Simple lesson for those that think the government should pay for this, or anything:

@Dogen: So then you don't think tax payers should pay for broadband to rural areas? Oh good, we're in agreement then.

@Salamanderjuice: Okay, sorry, porn, cat videos, and paying your phone bill online are all basic human rights.

@Brian Alexander: Again, I'm having trouble following your sarcasm.

@showbiz2: Corn and soybeans are economically the best to grow because they are subsidized. We eat a lot of corn in this country (more than we should) because it seems cheap to do so. We pay the subsidies whether we eat the corn to do so, and the price at the grocery store is low. But corn and other grains really…

@James Buchan: James, why don't you take your own money to pay for other people's broadband and healthcare? If you're not willing to do so, and instead saying that people must have money that they earned taken from them by force to pay for those who have not earned it, it is you that I call selfish.

@♫ Realityism ♪♫: Downloading porn and cat videos is a human right!