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Bob Kerrey: “I am perfectly willing to have a debate about the comparative analysis between the Homestead Act and private property…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1995
I am perfectly willing to have a debate about the comparative analysis between the Homestead Act and private property and franchises granted to phone companies to have a monopoly to deliver a local telephone service or to a television station or radio station to broadcast over public airspace. I am perfectly willing to acknowledge certainly there is a similarity in having granted that franchise that people make substantial investments.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the comparison between the Homestead Act and franchises granted to telecommunications companies.

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