roundtable: Re: Telcos providing their own video

roundtable: Re: Telcos providing their own video

Re: Telcos providing their own video

Hanno T. Beck (hbeck@Essential.ORG)
Mon, 23 Jan 1995 14:55:34 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 14:55:34 -0500 (EST)
From: "Hanno T. Beck" <hbeck@Essential.ORG>
Subject: Re: Telcos providing their own video
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To: <199501200747.CAA24701@ra.cs.ohiou.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.85.9501231434.B19943-0100000@essential>


On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Jonathan Prince wrote:
> 
>      After all, just like the railroads, the Internet could not have
> developed without a whole lot of guidence, direction, funding,
> encouragements, out-right 'land' give-aways at the taxpayer's expense. 
> Seems only only logical that the taxpayer get something in return.
> 
> 	Jonathan


The railroads could most certainly have developed without lobbying for, 
and receiving, massive land grants.  The railroads were the first of a 
string of Western Welfare Queens (currently mining, ranching and 
agribusiness).  Railroads were, and can still be, profitable without 
government handouts.  

If your main point is that since we have ALREADY tacitly invested some 
of our tax dollars in the Internet, we are entitled to a fair return 
on that investment, then I quite agree.  But there's no need to mention 
those vile thieves of yesteryear. 


Hanno T. Beck
hbeck@essential.org
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