New(som) Rights

To get a good idea of just how far we have come as a society, is to compare the luxuries we have now with those of our ancestors. For the most part we have things much better. We have electricity, automobiles, telephones and the most important...toilet paper. Some of these things we call luxuries - like cell phones or cars, and others are very necessary - like electricity.

The Honorable Mayor of San Fransisco, Gavin Newsom, thinks that you have a new right. And that would be wireless internet. Thats right. Along with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is free Wi-Fi for all.

"This is inevitable - Wi-Fi. It is long overdue...It is to me a
fundamental right to have access universally to information."

Well isn't just great! We've progressed so far as a society that we now have the right to Wi-Fi. But if it's a right, do I have to pay for it? Heck no! Mayor Newsom doesn't think you should have to pay hardly anything at all for it, after all - it's a civil rights issue!"

"My intent is to have the taxpayers pay little or nothing...
This is a civil rights issue as much as anything else."

What a great country! You too can get special treatment! Imagine the possibilites! And your rights cannot be denied or you can sue for damages! You could take as many net-surfing breaks at work as the smokers do, prisoners, bums and illegal aliens will also need theirs. And, of course, there will be advocacy groups clammering for those who don't have access to a computer. So free computers will be next. After all, you can't 'technically' be on-line if you don't have a computer!

How blissful it must be to be a good-intentioned socialist! The cost of such coverage will be too cost-prohibitive to maintain for the long haul. The anticipated advertising revenue wont cover all the expenses. And if the city tries to step in and finance the coverage, then look for huge budget increases to follow.

Either way, the old saying - "there is no such thing as a free lunch" - will be proven true, no matter how well intentioned or hopeful everyone is. And socialism, once again, will have shown itself to be unsupportable.