Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid

Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by sbarre on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:13PM (#29006328)

Look there's _always_ an edge case that makes the generalized common good approach sound unreasonable.

But in the end, you make the best rules you can that help the majority of people, and you accept that they will not be 100% ideal. If some people end up unfairly benefiting from it, so be it.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

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Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by refurb on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:56PM (#29008408)

It’s unreasonable even if not extreme. Some dude who wants to retire 50km into the bush because land is cheap shouldnt get a $100k subsidy by tax payers.

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Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by rsj_hn on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:04PM (#29008463)

Giving a huge subsidy to someone in the top 1% when they buy a luxury electric car with monstrous torque is also suboptimal. https://www.tesla.com/support/incentives

So is giving below market rate housing to someone who rents it out while buying a bigger home elsewhere with the rental payments. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/11/21/san-francisco-t...

Or giving food stamps to someone who sells them for money to buy more alcohol. https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/02/16/investigation-unc...

Welcome to the world of government subsidies - I don't see how you can stop any of this cost-effectively, as money is fungible and stuff can be resold.

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