Political Quotes

Lester Johnson

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May 15, 2013

I think a sunset committee is a great idea. I have been proposing one since I got here.

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May 13, 2013

I am just trying to get some sort of feel of overall numbers, overall value.

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May 13, 2013

I think that is something the private market ought to institute, not a government solution.

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May 13, 2013

But broadband providers are paying for their spectrum? They have already purchased it? It has been auctioned off?

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May 13, 2013

I don't think government is particularly good at trying to redirect that business model very effectively.

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May 13, 2013

Let's not have government step in and screw it up.

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May 13, 2013

But is it fair for some content to subsidize the other content, which is basically what you are doing as you bundle?

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May 13, 2013

So, in other words, your association does support subsidizing certain programs over others?

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May 13, 2013

If you just go where the money is, you are going to go to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, a few other big cities, and rural folks get left out.

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May 13, 2013

That was actually probably a pretty good deal, right?

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May 13, 2013

There is either a breakdown in the competitive model or there is not.

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