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No, bad move

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Yes, I'm all for it!

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I'm not sure

@Feb '13 c 219 comments V 406 votes

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warwil630 voted

v No, bad move
18 hr

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, bad move

What kind of effect do these WiFi signals have on the human body? We already know that cell phones are causing brain cancer. WiFi offers the easiest access of computer hackers. Isn't there enough identity theft already? And when the government says FREE, it's never really free, it's taxpayer funded.

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May 21
9MileTrucking voted

v No, bad move
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May 21
bleakoutlook voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 20

Smoothbeartoo

v No, bad move

Not the government's job to waste taxpayer money on wifi.

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May 20

Hoosierdaddy

v No, bad move

In places where it is justifiable not everywhere like where population densities are forbiddingly low

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May 20
DesignerLM voted

v No, bad move
May 20

Blknred

v No, bad move

The U.S is beyond broke.

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May 20
klynlamp2 voted

v No, bad move
May 20

jessejaymes

v Yes, I'm all for it!

My first thought was the government will use a govt supplied wi fi as a tool to spy on citizens. My second thought is so what? They already do. Why not have free wi fi?

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May 20

Goose

v No, bad move

Politix can furnish free WiFi to everyone, since one of its editors apparently believes the money to pay for this is no big deal.

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May 19

DARSB

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Libraries are free, Wi-Fi could be reasonably compared to that.

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May 19
Isabellealicia endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 19
tomincali endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
May 18

outsidecat

v No, bad move

don't we have more crippling issues to spend money on instead of a luxury such as internet sounds like another way they want you to be dependent upon them also there is major privacy concerns there too as they would be able to monitor everything you do

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May 18

Gatnos

v No, bad move

There is no Constitutional authority to do that.

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May 18
Smart3 voted

v No, bad move
May 18
MarkColwell endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 17
JesusLivesInMe voted

v No, bad move
May 17
DanielZ endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 17
DrSilicon voted

v No, bad move
May 17
ajo22 endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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May 16
RobG endorsed BelinKS

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 16
Qavvavak voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 16
littlewolf8469 voted

v No, bad move
May 16

Bob72370

v No, bad move

Why should the government be in the WiFi business, or the Healthcare business? Should the government be our provider for everything? Under the present administration they can't collect taxes without breaking the law, they can't provide protection to our embassies , they can't or wont even provide meals to our troops in the field.

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May 15
BostonRob endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 15

Wafflecone

v Yes, I'm all for it!

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May 15
gherlone voted

v No, bad move
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May 13
Rpete endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
May 13
Fyi1957 endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
May 12
rangerjeff voted

v No, bad move
May 11
Firestorm endorsed gammler

v No, bad move
May 10

Ashley_Steele

v No, bad move

Why on earth would you want the gov't to do that?! This is why we are in the situation we are in- they offer something "free" but then take our FREEDOMS!!! Give me LIBERTY or give me DEATH!

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May 9

KyleMFb

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Why not? They give trillions of tax dollars to corporations for free every year for nothing so why not give back to the community? And besides if they gave us free Internet they would be able to track us better so its a win/win for the government.

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May 9
LilliB voted

v No, bad move
May 9
JustTheFacts endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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May 9
buckilaked voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 8
Malitia_Man endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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May 8
Bungslip11 voted

v No, bad move
May 8
RMcG endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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May 8
DemonsAngel13 endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 7

fraps

v No, bad move

I would not object to free Wi-Fi if they first gave me a free Rolls Royce. There is no such thing as free. There is a cost associated with everything. When the government chooses to give something without charging a profitable price for it, the government just distorts the market. If the government were to charge a profitable price for what they were selling they would then be competing against the citizenry they are supposed to be serving. Essentially it would be like an employee stealing from his employer.

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May 6
gitrdone8383 voted

v No, bad move
May 6
Politic-n voted

v No, bad move
May 6
joyshusband endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
May 6
kirbstomp1 endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 6
kimmie99 voted

v No, bad move
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May 5
Rydad voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 5
runawayfrom voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!

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NoAmnestyEVER

v No, bad move

What kind of effect do these WiFi signals have on the human body? We already know that cell phones are causing brain cancer. WiFi offers the easiest access of computer hackers. Isn't there enough identity theft already? And when the government says FREE, it's never really free, it's taxpayer funded.

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May 20

Smoothbeartoo

v No, bad move

Not the government's job to waste taxpayer money on wifi.

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May 20

Hoosierdaddy

v No, bad move

In places where it is justifiable not everywhere like where population densities are forbiddingly low

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May 20

Blknred

v No, bad move

The U.S is beyond broke.

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May 20

jessejaymes

v Yes, I'm all for it!

My first thought was the government will use a govt supplied wi fi as a tool to spy on citizens. My second thought is so what? They already do. Why not have free wi fi?

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May 20

Goose

v No, bad move

Politix can furnish free WiFi to everyone, since one of its editors apparently believes the money to pay for this is no big deal.

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May 19

DARSB

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Libraries are free, Wi-Fi could be reasonably compared to that.

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May 20

jessejaymes

Actually this is a very relevant point. I went into a library about two years ago, in a city of half a million to try look up something local I couldn't find on the internet. That monster library was damn near empty. About 20 workers and about 5 civilians using the library. I was amazed. The Wi fi may well be our new library because the old ones certainly aren't cost effective today if what I saw was representative.

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18 hr

NoAmnestyEVER

But that would disenfranchise all the illegal aliens who can't read and poor Obama voters people who don't have computers.

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NoAmnestyEVER

By the way, libraries aren't free, nothing is. It's all TAXPAYER FUNDED.

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May 18

outsidecat

v No, bad move

don't we have more crippling issues to spend money on instead of a luxury such as internet sounds like another way they want you to be dependent upon them also there is major privacy concerns there too as they would be able to monitor everything you do

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May 18

Gatnos

v No, bad move

There is no Constitutional authority to do that.

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May 16

Bob72370

v No, bad move

Why should the government be in the WiFi business, or the Healthcare business? Should the government be our provider for everything? Under the present administration they can't collect taxes without breaking the law, they can't provide protection to our embassies , they can't or wont even provide meals to our troops in the field.

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May 15

Wafflecone

v Yes, I'm all for it!

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May 10

Ashley_Steele

v No, bad move

Why on earth would you want the gov't to do that?! This is why we are in the situation we are in- they offer something "free" but then take our FREEDOMS!!! Give me LIBERTY or give me DEATH!

B1

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May 9

KyleMFb

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Why not? They give trillions of tax dollars to corporations for free every year for nothing so why not give back to the community? And besides if they gave us free Internet they would be able to track us better so its a win/win for the government.

B1

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May 20

jessejaymes

And probably be cheaper than all the money being spent on keeping libraries that have no one in them except workers

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May 20

KyleMFb

@jessejaymes lol you make a good point the last time I was in a library was a decade ago!!! Seems like a waste of tax dollars, but I'm not ready to shut them all down yet....

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May 20

jessejaymes

@KyleMFb I haven't been in a library in 20 years that has as many users people as employees. I think we will see a great shrinkage in public libraries coming.

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18 hr

NoAmnestyEVER

Why don't we just give everybody a free computer too, just like the Obama phones Democrats used to buy the black vote in 2012. And make sure EVERYONE gets one, including the 33 million illegal aliens Obama want's to turn into Democratic voters.

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KyleMFb

@NoAmnestyEVER Your an illegal alien so why don't you take your advice and self deport back to where ever you came from. Since your a republican I'm guessing why don't you deport yourself to china so you can feel comfy being surrounded by traitors...

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May 7

fraps

v No, bad move

I would not object to free Wi-Fi if they first gave me a free Rolls Royce. There is no such thing as free. There is a cost associated with everything. When the government chooses to give something without charging a profitable price for it, the government just distorts the market. If the government were to charge a profitable price for what they were selling they would then be competing against the citizenry they are supposed to be serving. Essentially it would be like an employee stealing from his employer.

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May 4

BossTweed

v No, bad move

Big Brother is $16 000,000,000,000 in DEBT. No new NOTHING until the Debt starts coming down. I think WiFi across the Land would be wonderful. What do we want to stop spending on to fund it? These spend Spend Spend Lefties must Hate their kids and grand kids to want. to leave them such a financial mess.

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May 1

Bill2E

v No, bad move

Why in hell would I want government to take over the internet? They already monitor all the traffic on the internet for security reasons. Government should not be in any business, the government cannot even take care of its own business, look at the debt.

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Apr 29

Prime_Meridian

v I'm not sure

Just how much bigger do we want the government to get and how much more in taxes are we willing to pay?

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Apr 29

Big_jeff

v I'm not sure

I'm sure the same people with obamaphones would love to get free wi-fi. Of course that means they will need an obamaipad to go with the phone.

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Apr 29

Mr_me

v No, bad move

Sounds like a nice gimmick for the big media corporations to siphon some more money out of the tax system.

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Apr 29

Mr_me

Sorry should have said communication corporations.

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Apr '13

TheHandsomeOne

v Yes, I'm all for it!

I'm sick of paying for broadband on my very capable device only for the corporate WHORES to force upon me a device having hundreds of security certificates ranging from the Department of Defense, the United States Government, the Japanese Government, various shells names for NSA DHS CIA etc, multiples from Experian and Equifax....... let them pay for it since none of us have any rights to privacy and they are all making good money from mining all our data. And you thought I just wanted a freebie, huh?

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Feb '13

stepped_in_it

v No, bad move

Nothing in life is free. Let me repeat .....NOTHING in life is FREE. Has anything....anything the government "offered" free been "free". My Mom once told me....."Son, if it's too good to be true, it's TOO GOOD to be TRUE". How right she was!

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Feb '13

DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!

The United States in 2002 was number one in the world in connectivity and speed. Now we are 12th in the world and we pay more than the other countries. In South Korea they have 200 times the speed and pay 40% less than the United States. The FCC has for years told the Cable and DSL providers to upgrade their lines or lower their high fees, they have not done either. They are being paid incredibly high fees each month for little or no effort, it's just a pipeline they paid for years ago and they allow you access to it. Free Wifi will force them to either upgrade or die. It's a disgrace that someone in Sweden can access an American server at a higher connection speed tha...

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Feb '13

gammler

v No, bad move

If the government controls it, they will assert the right to censure it. "A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have away". (Gerald Ford)

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Feb '13

AceLuby

v I'm not sure

I would have to know some details before I could vote either way. How would it be implemented? How fast would it be? How much will it cost? They tried to do it cheaply in my city and it's an awful implementation, so I'd have to hear some specifics.

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Feb '13

blue_yahoo

v No, bad move

How can the government offer free WiFi when their only source of income is from the people using the "free" WiFi. Oxymoron here.

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Feb '13

chiilgod

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Japan's average Internet access is 500 Mbp. US average Internet access is 2.5 Mbp. (Support THE VENUS PROJECT)

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Feb '13

seedtick

v Yes, I'm all for it!

This is an interesting thing that could be very helpful. But, we must also remember that this cannot become the only WiFi available...because once it is our wireless access to the internet will be controlled by the government. And careful steps must be taken to make sure that this does not become our only access to the internet.

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Feb '13

tomhorn1903

v No, bad move

I am sure all the 'low information' voters and ObamaPhone recipients will swoon over the prospects of getting 'free' Wi-Fi. If the government provides it they also control its use. Horrible idea. It also begs the question,"Who is paying for it?"

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Feb '13

WMCOL

v No, bad move

Would certainly give the police state another means of surveilling individuals across the nation. "Person of Interest" anyone?

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Feb '13

bsking

v Yes, I'm all for it!

What the free food stamps offers running in Mexico are'nt getting the job done , now we gotta throw in free WiFi? Why not go all the way in offer a free car, house , dog? ... and of course if you're trying to get people to move to New Jersey maybe senator Menendez can offer up some of his young lady friends

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