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IP: Dubya and (Michael) Powell adopting "trickle-down"broadband policy?
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 00:54:18 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 21:33:12 -0700 To: dave () farber net Subject: For IP: Dubya and (Michael) Powell adopting "trickle-down"broadband policy? White House spurns tech programs left over from Clinton presidency By Yochi J. Dreazen THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 Only those with "an unreal understanding" of U.S. capitalism would expect the poor, minorities and rural residents to immediately have the same access to the Internet as other Americans, the nation's top telecommunications regulator has said. Government efforts to bridge the divide, he added, veer toward "socialization." [sic] THE SKEPTICISM EXPRESSED last year by Michael Powell, the Bush appointee who is chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, plainly seems to be shared by the rest of the administration. Breaking with Clinton administration policy, the Bush team has set about quietly dismantling many programs devoted to ending the so-called digital divide.... Full text at http://www.msnbc.com/news/716834.asp?0si=-&cp1=1 ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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