BUSH, KERRY LAGGING ON HIGH-TECH POLICY

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: October 26, 2004 10:42:29 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] BUSH, KERRY LAGGING ON HIGH-TECH POLICY
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BUSH, KERRY LAGGING ON HIGH-TECH POLICY

A major new study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns of a potential  
decline in competitiveness that threatens U.S. innovation and "could  
eventually lead to the nation being displaced as the world's leading  
economic power." Many think the problems started with implementation of  
the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Litigation has led to courts  
throwing out FCC rules three times. "Rather than get engaged, the White  
House let the Republicans battle it out at the FCC," said Tom Hazlett,  
a former chief economist for the FCC under President George H.W. Bush  
and an author of the chamber's recent report. "It led to paralysis of  
the agency, and here we are, 31/2 years after the Bush administration  
came to town, with the same policy we had then, except that the courts  
have thrown it out and nobody knows what's coming next." Telecom issues  
are not central in the presidential campaign and industry executives  
and analysts have not seem much leadership in this area from the  
leading candidates. See the high tech records of President Bush and Sen  
Kerry at the URL below.

[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle, AUTHOR: Carolyn Lochhead  
clochhead () sfchronicle com]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/25/ 
MNGED9FNH51..DTL&type=printable


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