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Power and Free Broadband To the People

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-you-some-internet dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes Slashdot member and open source developer Ben Kallos @KallosEsq — who is now a NYC Councilman — is pushing to make it a precondition to Comcast's merging with Time Warner that it agree to provide free broadband to all public housing residents in the City (and by free I mean free as in beer). Kallos, along with NY's Public Advocate, Letitia James, is leading a group of state and local politicians calling on Comcast to help bridge the digital divide in NY.

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  1. How much more free crap giveaways can i pay for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Comcast already provides free or extremely discounted internet to people on foodstamps or any other government program .. you just show them you are on a program and you get the discount..

    I am all for people bettering themselves however you know this stuff is going to be used for porn and online gaming..

    I volunteered for Habitat for Humanity for over 10 years it finally got to the point i quit because I was seeing things like a kid 22 years old in Wilmington delaware being given a home because he lived in a home with 11 kids... he wasn't taking half the kids with him ... it didn't go to his mom .. the home went to him .. and he was 22 and at that time I was unemployed as a tech worker for about 3 months... Another thing that caused me to quit was when a white man and his son were burnt out of their mobile home by drug addicts I went to the local affiliate with a FREE Mobile home i found on craigslist it was in good condition and we could have put it in place for about $500 towing fee and a disposal fee .. each of which the habitat affiliate could have got waived if they officially got involved and allowed the towing and disposal company to donate the services... the guy told me WE DON'T DO THAT... I then realized that with the exception of 2 latino families and one pakistani family the more than 100 people i put in homes over the years were all black... not one white family.. I then was taken back and did a search of all the people all the affiliates I had volunteered for in PA NJ DE MD and in their history only one white male who was married to a black female who had mixed children were helped.. maybe in other areas.. but I find it difficult to believe because I volunteered in big cities, smaller and rural areas.. only one white guy and he was married to a black woman.....

    LOOK I HAVE NO PROBLEM HELPING THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED ...

    I do have a problem when it seems like it is a way of life for some people...

    I live in a development with homes ranging from 250k to 800k the mixture of people's racial backgrounds is just about the same as the national average.. maybe even more black people.. I have no problems because these people work for their money.. at least other than the $20,000 minority down payments that the state of delaware gave out...

    I don't have any more money to give out.. Times are tough .. my taxes are going up.. I am now mandated to buy more expensive healthcare i can not afford .. I worked in the tech industry for over 25 years and lost a large chunk of my money due to the implosion that happened 14 days after president obama won his first presidential election..

    I care for sick family members and my own health is failing...

    There are times in my life I should have taken foodstamps and wealfare and unemployment.. I NEVER HAVE and hopefully never will

    There is now a mindset that people are owed something... well who are you owed it from..

    ARE YOU OWED IT FROM ME? ... BECAUSE I HAVE PAID TAXES AND NEVER HAD A REFUND SINCE I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.. I NEVER TOOK FROM MY NEIGHBOR TO BETTER MYSELF I JUST WORKED HARDER.. AND WHEN I COULDNT FIND WORK I DONATED TIME TO CHARITY... TO KEEP MYSELF ACTIVE..

    I AM SICK OF IT... I DON'T OWE YOU A FREE OBAMA PHONE.. OR FREE INTERNET.. OR DOWN PAYMENTS ON YOUR HOME ... OR A FREE HOME.. .OR ANYTHING....

    IT IS SICKENING...

    THESE PEOPLE ARE SCUM..
    AND its not just black people but its a huge proportion of the black community.. and yes more whites get welfare but as a proportion its no where near the same.. and even so screw those white scumbags too if they arent trying to do their best....

    I worked 5 days a week from the age of 14 until 11 pm and went to a technical high school for chemistry ...

    I didn't get discounts on lunch I WORKED..
    I had my own car that i paid for by