"Free bandwidth?" You mean after the auction and licensure? Then there's
the corporate taxes paid, the wages (and their taxes) paid to employees,
and, of course, the value to society of the actual service. If the "owner"
of that bandwidth hadn't sold it, none of the above would pertain, there
would be only another money pit like PBS.

Oh yes, in addition to the out and out allocation, PBS keeps tax dollars
from flowing to state and federal coffers through direct credits and
deductions for contributions.


"p_j" wrote in message
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Mark & Juanita wrote:

Why do you believe that wage-earners should be forced to pay part of
their earnings to subsidize others' recreational viewing desires at the
force of the government's tax system?

Are you talking about the Bush subsidies throught the ONDCP and others?
Or perhaps you mean the massive multi-billion dollar subsidy to
broadcasters in the form of free bandwidth? I could go on with numerous
other examples.