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pnh102
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pnh102

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The "Public Option" for broadband at work again.

Get rid of the USF. Public libraries should be a state/local concern, not a federal one.

tshirt
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Snohomish, WA

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said by pnh102:

The "Public Option" for broadband at work again.

Get rid of the USF. Public libraries should be a state/local concern, not a federal one.

No! The inequities point to exactly why this is a federal concern.
We don't need local/state boards deciding that computer literacy /access is of low priority, IF in fact we believe it is the future of this "non-manufacturing/service economy" country.
YES, the USF has been (for the most part) a cluster fuck, with the recipients clustering, and the ratepayers mostly getting........
Don't kill the program (right idea, poorly managed) CHANGE it.
Post pay based on results, apportion based on NEED (not pork) have collected funds accounted for STARTING NOW (and work backwards to recover "unaccounted for" funds.)

This is about as vital a part of OUR future infrastructure as any highway or any school.
Goldman
join:2002-06-21
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said by tshirt:

said by pnh102:

The "Public Option" for broadband at work again.

Get rid of the USF. Public libraries should be a state/local concern, not a federal one.


Don't kill the program (right idea, poorly managed) CHANGE it.
Post pay based on results, apportion based on NEED (not pork) have collected funds accounted for STARTING NOW (and work backwards to recover "unaccounted for" funds.)

Yeah, the federal government's going to get right on that.