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Do you support providing candidates with free television time?
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Posted on 06/13/2002 8:49:26 AM PDT by meandog
15 posted on 6/13/02 10:04 AM Pacific by cksharks
Amen Brother! Preach on!
The reason mc cain is a media hero is that he has no principles.
He has already violated the oath he took to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.
He is actually a democrat. He is one of the parasites that are eating us from within and will do everything in his power to destroy the way of life we now have.
Look for him to run a third- party campaign to assist hillary in '04.
If candidates want to get their ideas and messages across, then they need to go see their constituency IN PERSON.
"As the Supreme Court has affirmed, the airwaves belong to the public and Congress is empowered to set terms by which space is leased to TV stations, including a requirement that they carry political ads and serve the public interest."
Let us assume the above statement is true. "Leased to TV stations" implies a contract.
Private business owners, whether an individual, partners, or stockholders, of TV stations have invested their money in these TV stations knowing what the terms of the contract are.
The 5th amendment of the U.S. Constitution states:
"...nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."
If Congress wishes to change the terms of the contract to require "free air time" for political campaigns, then the proper and constitutional method for accomplishing that desire is:
1--wait until the lease contract expires and present a new lease contract with that change
2--buyout the current unexpired lease contracts and present a new lease contract with that change
In both scenarios, the private property of the investors is protected and the investors are free to choose if they wish to participate under the terms of the new lease contract.
But Senator McCain is a socialist to the core and would not understand the sanctity of private property. I guess he learned his socialist lessons well while staying at the Hanoi Hilton.
Plus he is a known corrupted politician from the kick back savings and loan scandal of the Keating Five in the late 1980's and his corrupt behavior has not changed.
No, MD, we would FReep the poll because FREE TV time for candidates is just plain socialism.
AND SINCE you won't post the poll, I'd be happy to, as a public service for the Freepers who are dedicated to conservatism...
VOTE HERE to let McCain's Straight Talk America people know what you think about FREE TV TIME for Candidates!
PS - and I'm PINGING a few friends to help out in the poll!
That's why I demand free television time for candidates, as partial compensation for the license which protects broadcasters from competition, and for they use of my (and your) airwaves.
So because you think the television stations are getting something for nothing, you will force them to give up a portion of their advertising revenue.
Then to make up this shortfall, they will raise the rates for the advertising time that remains.
To make up for the increase in their advertising budgets, advertisers will raise the prices on their goods and services.
And when you go to the store, you will pay more for your products.
You’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you made somebody pay for some perceived injustice, but you’ll be too dense to realize it was you.
The broadcast station consists of equipment and employees. That takes money to acquire and maintain. Selling air time is the only means of recovering the costs. Forcing a broadcast station to use its equipment and professional staff to provide air time without compensation is simple THEFT of the airtime that could have been sold for necessary revenue to meet expenses. The station broadcast equipment and the labor of the professional staff are the private property of the station owner. The government has no right to seize control over that property.
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