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Originally Posted by ronasch
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How bout we don't give the tax payer money in the FIRST PLACE
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you should probably take a basic economics course, and a civics course too
for-profit entities like Comcast would have basically no reason to invest in bleeding-edge technology or network expansion without some sort of incentive to do so; the risk is just too great. they're generally happy plodding along, as long as they can turn a profit and meet quarterly projections. they'll only make changes to their business model when the potential for profit outweighs the risk. that's why they get taxpayer money in some cases; because it offsets risk.
government is different; legislative bodies create legislation which mandates what they must do, and they do it, regardless of the risk or lack of profit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_motive
lack of profit motive is why it's better for the government to provide services which are considered essential to daily life. government entities (should) have no profit motive, and therefore will provide a service as they are mandated without altering or degrading that service in the name of making additional money.