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  • From: Linda Watson <linda.watson AT Egarden.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Commercials to Net Appliances -- a Political Solution
  • Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:49:58 -0400


Let's take the money now given to the individual political candidates and to political parties and use it to make sure every home has Internet access. Instead of using our tax dollars for those hideous commercials, ugly road signs, and pointless conventions, we could buy everyone a network appliance and a dial-up account. Every government entity would have a website showing the election schedules with links to the pages of the candidates -- and to pages about the candidates.

The advantages would be:

1) More detailed information on the actual issues involved
2) Wonderful possibilities for tracking the actual behavior of the officials, once elected. Imagine a version of the fabulous Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 (http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html) for the real saga of democracy
3) Reducing corruption in government by decreasing the money needed to run a campaign and increasing accountability
4) Most importantly, allowing every household access to the marvelous learning and communications opportunities on the Internet

If everyone had access, then more government work could be put online, bringing to government some of the cost savings that have increased our productivity elsewhere. Heck, we could consider helping to fund this program with the savings gained in non-electoral areas. Send my pet-tax reminder online, please.

Linda "We Can Save the World" Watson

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  • Commercials to Net Appliances -- a Political Solution, Linda Watson, 09/19/2000

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