Sender: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> In response to our friend Arun's query, I think there can be no doubt Congress was purchased lock, stock and barrel by telecom industry for the temporary purpose of passing the Telecom Dereg Act. You need only ask yourself, "Why did Congress suddenly become so interested in an area so arcane?" Money is the only answer. Money is also the only reason they ever passed the CDA -- whose? Start with the Christian Coalition and go on from there. Thinking about this, I would like to invite any able writer on this list to do a piece for us, tentatively enititled: "CDA and Telcom Dereg: Where did the Money Come From, and Who Got It? " We'll run it as a Special Report, very prominently. Best, Joe Shea Editor-in-Chief The American Reporter •••@••.••• http://www.newshare.com/Reporter/today.html On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Cyber Rights wrote: > Sender: •••@••.••• (Audrie Krause) > > Arun Metha wrote: > >Are you suggesting that large numbers of US Congressmen and President > >Clinton were "bought", and that is why they voted for telecom > >deregulation? > > > >Don't you think there might be a less sinister explanation? That they > >thought deregulation would lead to greater competition which might be > >better for the users on account of lower prices? > > Well, the political contributions are a matter of public record. And > prices are going up even as costs are going down. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~