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Re:The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized... by ethbro on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:52AM (#13566966)
No, the statement contains one fact and one opinion. The fact is bullshit.

"Notwithstanding the decline in economic fortunes since 2009, [34%] is too many."

Here's US GDP per capita. Notice a "decline in economic fortunes since 2009"?

World Bank: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-per-capita

St. Louis Fed: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A939RX0Q048SBEA

A stronger case could be made for median income, but even there, we're better off than we were in 2009. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N

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Re:The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized... by deelowe on Saturday February 04, 2017 @11:55AM (#13567675)
None of this adds any support to the case that a 160% increase in costs is reasonable or expected. In fact, the data points you've presented further call this into question.
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Re:The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized... by ethbro on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:11PM (#13568093)
What you're talking about is the opinion. I was talking about the fact cited.
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