Re: WATPA: FW: Privatizing Congressional Hearings (Slate)

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From: Christopher X. Candreva (chris@westnet.com)
Date: Tue Jun 27 2000 - 11:06:14 EDT


On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Norman J. Jacknis wrote:

> The excellent question Ruskin poses about all this is: Why should
> citizens have to fork over big bucks to find out what their government
> is up to? "Congressional hearings are public information," Ruskin wrote
> in a protest mass e-mail sent out yesterday. "We taxpayers paid for
> these hearings. We ought to be able to read them, on the Internet, for
> free."

While I aggree the prices quoted are rediculously high, 'free' is not
realistic either. "Free" just means you pay for it in taxes. This may be a
good thing, but call it what it is.

-Chris

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