roundtable: Republicans

roundtable: Republicans

Republicans

fsucc1004@santa-fe.cc.nm.us
Mon, 30 Jan 1995 21:07:40 -0700 

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 21:07:40 -0700
Message-Id: <95013021074038@santa-fe.cc.nm.us>
From: fsucc1004@santa-fe.cc.nm.us
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Republicans


     My biggest gripe about Republicans having ANYTHING to do with the 
NII is this:  Republicans have historically been conservative.  This 
means they have a problem with change and like to keep things they way 
they've always been.

     This is a BIG problem when it comes to defining technologies of the 
future.  These folks live in the past; what do they know about change?  
I'm afriad they will simply institute a huge version of the already 
pathetic telecom system we have today, complete with widespread 
corruption and power-mongering.  After all, this is where Republicans 
make the most profit.

     Another thing that scares me is that Republicans have been 
traditionally business-oriented rather than social oriented.  They have 
good intentions for the most part, but their logic, in general seems 
flawed.  Take, for instance, TRICKLE-DOWN economics.  This is a theory 
that if you give businesses and the extremely wealthy tax breaks, the 
money the saved will eventually make it back to the little guy via 
business exapnsion, etc.  The only problem is that the business owners 
take that money and put it in their bank- never to be seen again. After 
all, why expand factories that are hardly selling product?  Why expand 
factories to employ more people when people are the most expensive part 
of running a business?

     Rather than create another politcal elite, let's take this 
opportunity to design a system we would be proud of leaving to our 
children, and to show the world what AMERICANS are capable of; the first 
true I-Way.


Frank Succardi
fsucc1004@santa-fe.cc.nm.us
fsuccardi@delphi.com

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