[IP] BUSH, KERRY LAGGING ON HIGH-TECH POLICY
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 26, 2004 10:42:29 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] BUSH, KERRY LAGGING ON HIGH-TECH POLICY
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BUSH, KERRY LAGGING ON HIGH-TECH POLICY
A major new study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns of a potential
decline in competitiveness that threatens U.S. innovation and "could
eventually lead to the nation being displaced as the world's leading
economic power." Many think the problems started with implementation of
the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Litigation has led to courts
throwing out FCC rules three times. "Rather than get engaged, the White
House let the Republicans battle it out at the FCC," said Tom Hazlett,
a former chief economist for the FCC under President George H.W. Bush
and an author of the chamber's recent report. "It led to paralysis of
the agency, and here we are, 31/2 years after the Bush administration
came to town, with the same policy we had then, except that the courts
have thrown it out and nobody knows what's coming next." Telecom issues
are not central in the presidential campaign and industry executives
and analysts have not seem much leadership in this area from the
leading candidates. See the high tech records of President Bush and Sen
Kerry at the URL below.
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle, AUTHOR: Carolyn Lochhead
clochhead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/25/
MNGED9FNH51..DTL&type=printable
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