Orange County Register Op Ed: Government intrusion into broadband hasn't worked

Wednesday, April 1st 2009
by James Valvo
in Spending, Technology, Limited Government

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As it appeared in the Orange County Register

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Stimulus money for broadband should be targeted to markets where there is no competition.

The so-called stimulus bill passed in February contains more than $7 billion to encourage broadband infrastructure development and increase demand. The stated intent is to help "unserved" and "underserved" areas in the country bridge the digital divide.

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Democrat Henry Waxman Gives Up Earmarks

Tuesday, February 12th 2008
by Ed Frank
in Technology

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Liberal Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman of California just announced that he's giving up earmarks and says Congress should give up all earmarks for the next fiscal year:"I think our best approach would be to suspend all earmarks for the 2009 appropriations cycle while we consider the right reforms for the earmark process.  As a result, I will not submit any requests to the Appropriations Committee for this fiscal year."

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