Re: EFF on why they did it.
David Lesher writes:
Paid for "by the government"?!! And just where does the EFF think the government gets its money?
One difference -- the Hill must allocate money for "paid for by the government" as compared to "just rape the switch designer" financing.
No money, not wiretaps. That may {or may not} limit the effect of FBI Wiretap, depending on how [much/little] the Hill loosens the pursestrings.
It's certainly a good start, but the government *does* have other money. For instance, when Clipper was first announced, they said they wouldn't need Congressional permission, because they were paying for it out of the DoJ Super Forfeiture Fund, which had about $2B in money stolen from users of politically incorrect substances. I realize that doesn't go very far when you're talking about restructuring the Global Information Infrastructure. But it's a lever to get stuff started, then they can go demanding tax money because you *can't* shut down the Phone Companies! Bill
In article <9408182314.AA22475@anchor.ho.att.com>, bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204 <wcs@anchor.ho.att.com> wrote:
David Lesher writes:
No money, not wiretaps. That may {or may not} limit the effect of FBI Wiretap, depending on how [much/little] the Hill loosens the pursestrings.
It's certainly a good start, but the government *does* have other money.
Indeed. I'd really like to see the wording about how they actually need to be paid for: namely, will allowing tariffs to be raised by RBOCs count as "paying for it"? They could spend the money by doing two things: - Mandating the money be spent (the DT bill) - and then allowing the RBOCs to increase their tariffs. Presto! We've paid for the mechanisms, but not through the federal budgets. The RBOCs have been pushing for high bandwidth R&D increases of their general tariffs for a really long time, so I could certainly see them playing along as long as there's room for other R&D in there. Just a thought... -- L. Todd Masco | "Cowboy politicians sucking up to the aristocracy, not cactus@bb.com | even sure if they like democracy..." - TR-I
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