Enforcing Nigerian Laws? That must be a joke! This country is full of self-contradictory laws fostering legal plunder. Why do you think this country is so poor? Bad Laws! (Bad Government & Bad Bureaucracy)
This story is just showing how stupid is bureaucracy. Government bureaucracy itself is just a gigantic scam, under the pretext to "protect" or "improve" the country. Nothing good for the residents of country has ever been accomplished by bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is vital however for the government and the politicians, as a tool for control and power, and often as a means to plunder money. To the eyes of the bureaucrat, the individuals, whatever they are citizens or immigrants, exists solely to serve and obey them. Once a while, the parasitic bureaucrat need to test its power by asking ridiculous requests or humiliating people to show how mighthy he is. "If you don't obey me, you go to jail. I am your GOD today!"
Competition is what drives prices down, and makes prices affordable to the average man. Large corporations are not efficient and have difficulties competing with smaller ISPs. The only way to slow down competition is by erecting legal barriers to other businesses in their industry. This is done by law and regulation.
I don't think the idea is to keep India poor, but those large corporations (which have friends in the government) are using the law as a tool to fight against their competitors. The deal has to be win-win, so they offer some "revenue sharing" with the politicians in return of the favour. Of course, the citizen is the looser as he/she has to pay more, thus keeping them poor.
Perhaps using the term Legal Plunder is best to describe the situation. A good reading about this is "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat written in 1849. You can also find this masterpiece in MP3 format.
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Enforcing Nigerian Laws? That must be a joke! This country is full of self-contradictory laws fostering legal plunder. Why do you think this country is so poor? Bad Laws! (Bad Government & Bad Bureaucracy)
This story is just showing how stupid is bureaucracy. Government bureaucracy itself is just a gigantic scam, under the pretext to "protect" or "improve" the country. Nothing good for the residents of country has ever been accomplished by bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is vital however for the government and the politicians, as a tool for control and power, and often as a means to plunder money. To the eyes of the bureaucrat, the individuals, whatever they are citizens or immigrants, exists solely to serve and obey them. Once a while, the parasitic bureaucrat need to test its power by asking ridiculous requests or humiliating people to show how mighthy he is. "If you don't obey me, you go to jail. I am your GOD today!"
Me too, as a Canadian I was considering living in America, however the climate is now toxic for immigrants.
Competition is what drives prices down, and makes prices affordable to the average man. Large corporations are not efficient and have difficulties competing with smaller ISPs. The only way to slow down competition is by erecting legal barriers to other businesses in their industry. This is done by law and regulation.
I don't think the idea is to keep India poor, but those large corporations (which have friends in the government) are using the law as a tool to fight against their competitors. The deal has to be win-win, so they offer some "revenue sharing" with the politicians in return of the favour. Of course, the citizen is the looser as he/she has to pay more, thus keeping them poor.
Perhaps using the term Legal Plunder is best to describe the situation. A good reading about this is "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat written in 1849. You can also find this masterpiece in MP3 format.