Tough luck, poor people

Bigger entities continue to protect the interests of the wealthy while letting the poor pick up the tab (or sniff the fumes):

• State tax systems contribute to differential tax burdens, with the top brackets paying the lowest percentage of their total incomes when the math is done.
  
  
• Big corporate entities like Comcast aren't happy with their near-monopolies, deregulation, and general ability to screw their customers; now they want to prevent local governments from acting to overcome the digital divide (i.e., making the wired world more accessible to lower-income folks). "Their argument is that in areas where they serve, there are no unserved or underserved communities." Surely you jest!!

I don't think you have to be paranoid to think that some of these things need rectifying. Government-industrial complex, be gone!