“Presidential candidates are touting widespread broadband as a boost for employment and rural education, but a close look at financial interests suggests tech policy may also be a campaign paycheck. Candidates for both of the major political parties are drawing contributions from the technology industry, and from communications firms in particular. But the proportion differs,” Emily Kumler reports for Medill News Service.
“Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts says universal broadband access is necessary for the country to rebuild its tech sector and increase employment in high tech industry. As of mid-June, 38 percent of the $2,415,894 Kerry has received from his top 20 donors has come from contributors with a strong interest in the technology sector, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics,” Kumler reports.
“Meanwhile, 5 percent of the $5,886,487 provided by the top 20 contributors to the incumbent Republican candidate, President George Bush, comes from tech companies or lobbyists. The majority of Bush’s top contributors are financial firms that may have investments in the technology sector but are not directly acting on tech firms’ behalf. Another 5 percent, or $3,332,700, of Bush’s total contributions grouped by business sector came from the communications and electronics industry. At nearly $3.8 million, donations to the Kerry campaign from the communications and electronics industry nearly matched Bush’s, but they account for 9 percent of Kerry’s total donations,” Kumler reports. “Bush says broadband will facilitate a classroom in every living room, giving the most remote citizen access to a wealth of information and opportunity. The president has set the goal but has not outlined its execution other than imploring Congress to permanently ban Internet taxes.”
Full article here.
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And, you don’t deserve the USA, and the USA doesn’t deserve you.
gspank,
give us a break. you don’t really believe that’s what republicans stand for, do you? you’re out of your mind if you do. I know a good doctor that can get you on the right medication asap!
mr. spank,
what makes you think that your deranged ideals are the correct one for the US? Please spare us this drivel.
Mr. Bush is good for environment. Name one thing he done bad for environment. He no lyer either. US enforce UN resolution that corrupt France, Germany, Russia no want enforce. They making profit from corrupt dealings with Saddam. Everyone know this.
well, lets see. You all hold Jay Rice as your Representative here. He wants to Nuke the Middle East. So, yes, that would a) cause a massive world war & b) destroy the clean air and water, especially after retaliatory attacks. Not to mention Republicans hold business above environment, and Bush has repealed many laws that allow companies to pollute the environment further, and to outsource to China so they can pollute the rivers. The Right also has done much to subjugate the poor people of this country, while of course giving tax breaks to the rich.
So there you have it, a very simple and logical process showing you over-simplified Jay Rice fans your future.
and by the way, I’m only referring to all those people that align themselves with Jay Rice, not the normal republican that has a head on their shoulder.
It fits perfectly in the personality of the respective fascist above…
G-spank you’re the man. These guys are just jealous because they know that Kerry will be USA’s next president lololol. Against that only prozac or anything similar like bashing the future winner here lololol. Kerry represents a hope for free world. Bush is only a mindless dictator with 2 dogs (Cheney and rumsfeld) and a fool woman (Rice). Who knows that Rice is Jay Rice in disguise lololololooolololol.
How about the war in iraq as an example. You have a chineese name, you should be inteligent…
Personally, if Colin Powell were to run under the Republican platform, I would vote for him.
and ANYONE who says Bush is good for the environment is so deluded that they may as well commit themselves to an insane asylum.
g-spank,
you spout off all of these statements attacking President Bush and you have no valid back up to these statements. You are a waste of everyone’s time. Jay obviously doesn’t want to have to nuke any one. It is always an option depending on what these middle eastern terrorist throw at us. Get ready because whether or not the US attacked Iraq or anyone these terrorists are going to get a nuke and use it on either the US or Europe. Had the US done nothing to provoke as per prior to 9/11 and we got nuked I would love to hear your excuses for these lunatics then. It would still be every Republicans fault and the poor terrorists had no choice. Give me a break.
Tonto is an American Indian name fool!
you liberals are sickening!!!! you make reasonable people want to vomit!
Are those your arguments???? Congratulations. Tonto can be a Indian name but the portuguese meaning for the word still fits into the comment from Tonto – The fool (I mean you no?)
you liberals are absolutely 100% disgusting. you people are the problem with the world. lazy union workers that can’t get fired and barely do any work while holding business hostage and screwing up US and world out put. American workers abusing the crap out of workmans compensation and unemployment benefits. these people vote for liberals because they know a liberal will give them more free gifts for nothing at the expense of the hard working people. YOU LIBERALS SUCK!!!!!!!!!
gspank my man you need a strong perscription of prozac jack! either that or a staight jacket.
mtherfkr,
check your facts dickweed. the 9/11 commission retracted that statement tool.
First Attack on Bush:
>>Yeah, but Kerry doesn’t use a computer, and his staff is all Windows. George Bush uses a Mac.
Yeah, now we know that Macs are foolproof.
Mein Gott! To think we’ll see 3 GHz before the election. You guys are peaking a bit too soon.