roundtable: Re: $100 Billion Giveaway

roundtable: Re: $100 Billion Giveaway

Re: $100 Billion Giveaway

stefan w. schmitz (h8851881@miraculix.wu-wien.ac.at)
Fri, 13 Oct 1995 12:34:19 +0100 (MET) 

From: "stefan w. schmitz" <h8851881@miraculix.wu-wien.ac.at>
Message-Id: <199510131134.AA01573@miraculix.wu-wien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: $100 Billion Giveaway
To: roundtable@cni.org
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 12:34:19 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <v0211010caca1a277c909@[204.245.149.10]> from "Benton Foundation" at Oct 11, 95 04:37:12 pm


Hi!

I just read your $100 billion giveaway mail. How come that anyone claims
ownership of airwaves? Not even the government can say it owns them. 
Since they are not free goods and there is rivalry in consumption an
agency has to organize the spectrum. These services can be and should be 
auctioned off. According to the nature of the agency (private or public)
the funds will be used for the plans the Benton Foundation is promoting
or distributed as profits. Since the alloction of airwaves and the 
excludability which is the aim of the whole action are legal acts the
natural provider is the government and the funds should be used according
to the public interest. 

I do agree with what you basically want but for different reasons - the 
claim that airwaves belong to anybody seems counter productive.

Sincerely, Stefan


Stefan Schmitz
<h8851881@miraculix.wu-wien.ac.at>

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