About time someone realized with all the messaging bundles and plan prices growing right?
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The Government should just bud out and let these companies ruin our lives.
The Obama admin and all this government is taking over our lives and are hand feeding us like we are children...
We want to get d!cked with no Vaseline by these big companies. Damn Socialist!!
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Governmental oversight and regulation isn't the answer. It fails every time it is used. The folks in Washington are lawyers, not businessmen. They don't know how to run a business, period.
The answer is increased competition. More people offering lower cost plans such as T-Mobile's unlimited plans or Sprint's Any Mobile offerings would control cost.
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The logic of my post was to say that we are in a loose loose situation.
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Seriously, its grammar police time. It is "lose-lose", not "loose loose". You just implied the situation isn't very tight.
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Seriously, its the Deuche Bag police time. It's a forum not an English essay, the 1st amendment allows RockTripod the right to say ANYTHING he wants. You obviously understood his point so there is no message lost in his statement. If RockTripod feels like creating new words that have the same meaning as existing words you cannot sensor him.
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RockTripod was policing me, Im the one that messed up on my sentence not him, he was the one being a a-hole because he knew I was right and had nothing better to say. 😉
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i know I screwed it up but i hope you got the jist
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DonMDec 11, 2009, 2:58 PM
Of course regulation has been a failure. Taking lead out of paint and gasoline. Taking ethyl out of gasoline (google it). Regulating food additives that are a health hazard.
Mandating workplace safety regulations that benefet all of us - that no competition would ever ever impose.
Competition would never have controlled asbestos.
Even with regulations we have contamination issues in food processing. Would a lack of regulations improve food safety?
Competition would never impose bulding codes that allow homes to withstand hurricanes.
Regulation WORKS. I'm not saying that it's always the solution, but saying that it never works is... well, you decide what it says about you.
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How did Government stepping in work out for the auto and aircraft industry.
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Wait, nevermind. Honestly though, I agree 1005 that the Government needs to stay out. No good comes from it.
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And who, may i ask, has a gun to your head telling you that you MUST have a cell phone?
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My job, my family maybe?
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if your job requires you to have one then they should pay for it. or subsidize the monthy rate. and there's always prepaid. i'm not telling you how to live your life but technically cell phones are considered luxury items.
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Phones are not necessary for life, that is true. But our society has pretty much decided that you need a cell phone.
However, the government doesn't regulate many things that are more necessary than a cell phone. We don't see the government saying what a builder can charge for a new home. We don't have an agency that tells Subway what they can charge for a sandwich. It is silly to believe that we should regulate these things, and people understand that. Why would a cell phone be different, and more important, than these things?
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Then why does California charge cellphones a Luxury Tax?
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Because it is California. They'll find a way to tax anything.
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Because California is a crazy place that wants to tax every thing. Oregon could decide that shoes are a luxery and that they should tax them, doesn't make it true though.
That said, I agree you don't HAVE to have a cell phone. However, our society has decided that most people need a cell phone. That means that people see them as necessary, even if they really aren't.
My point remains though, we don't regulate the prices of things like food, clothing, and shelter that really are necessary (with exceptions such as section 8 housing). So why would we think the government should step in and regulate this industry? We are a capitalist system, despite the best efforts of the left to change that. Until we go over the edge we need to remembe...
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agreed, If people wanted a small bill they should go with a regional carrier or prepaid. Boost mobile comes to mind. If People want high-end devices with a high bill then go with at&t or Verizon. When people stop going to these 2 carriers the companies will lower their prices. the government shouldn't tell carriers what to do when people are happy with the services these companies provide.
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it's not just california either...it's louisiana and nevada...when i send out a free phone, waive shipping and 18.00 upgrade fee, i still need a credit or debit card to pay for the luxury taxes on the full retail price of the phone. that's what happens to customers in nevada, cali, and louisiana.
also when sending out a free sim... 2 cent luxury tax, has to be paid with credit/debit card.
ri-freakin-diculous
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isn't a car still considered a luxury too?
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