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To: Nonstatist
If the bandwidth was privatized, one or two corporate entities could end up owning all of the frequency range (a finite thing).

So it is your opinion that all finite commodities should be doled out by government.

(A period, not a question mark. You have left yourself no wiggle room for any answer other than agreement that this is the logical corrolary to your statement.)

22 posted on 04/16/2004 7:40:54 AM PDT by steve-b
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To: steve-b
all finite commodities should be doled out by government

I didnt say that ! (note the exclamation mark)

I am against vertical monopolies, cartels, price fixing ,mercantilism and anti-competitive trusts. If all radio stations were owned by one guy it could be argued that it was a bad thing, in the same way that if all oil production was owned by Rockefellow, etc.

I am not a proponent of "throwing people off the air". I am saying it is democratic (note the small d) and not unConstitutional (!) to regulate enitities that use public resources.

OTOH, I am against most gov't interventions (the TVA, Title IX college regulations, Disability Act, much EPA regulations and so on). Most of them are just partisan meddling and all about rigging the system to benefit "friends".

23 posted on 04/16/2004 7:53:25 AM PDT by Nonstatist
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