This area features positions on funding research and development, policies in relation to new technologies, and infrastructural concerns ranging from communications to transportation. Other infrastructural issues may arise in the Energy Policy and National Security sections.
Words: McCain believes that the “digital divide” requires tax credits for teacher training and equipment. He opposes a sales tax on the internet and believes that more government documents should be available
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Words: Obama supported telecommunications legislation to protect network neutrality on the internet. He argues that we need “an Apollo program” for research and development into alternative forms of energy. He also believes that we should invest more (more…)
Words: Romney believes we should invest in the infrastructure by growing the economy through lower taxes.
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Words: Biden opposes large media conglomerates and favors telecom deregulation. He has also proposed substantial funding for tunnel repair.
Words: Clinton argues that infrastructure investment both creates jobs and improves security and advocates the development of the biotech industry. She supports “net neutrality” and feels that there is a “digital divide” that needs to be bridged in terms of equal opportunity (more…)
Words: Edwards promotes providing high-speed internet access to all citizens. Edwards feels the deregulation of the broadcast industries led to loss of a localism and independence. He supports “public interest obligations for digital broadcasters” and the use of a “license renewal process (more…)
Words: Giuliani advocates putting more money into infrastructure, but without raising taxes. He also supports more technology in the classroom.
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Words: Huckabee opposes the Fairness Doctrine and believes that decency standards should be applied to cable as well as broadcast TV. He also supports an internet sales tax and suggests that young people should “read the Bible more, blogs less”. (more…)
Words: Kucinich believes that investment in new technologies will create jobs. He advocates instituting a federal bank of infrastructure modernization and creating WPA type programs to rebuild the infrastructure.
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Words: Paul opposes the Fairness Doctrine. He has also stated there should be no regulation of the internet. “I trust the Internet a lot more [than the mainstream media], and I trust the freedom of expression. And that’s why we should never interfere with the Internet.” (more…)
Words: Richardson believes we should “nurture and invest in science and technology”. He has proposed creating in an Energy and Climate Investment Fund and increasing the number of science and math academies. He supports allocating capital for water projects (more…)
Words: Thompson feels we need stricter computer security. He believes that the internet has contributed to the democratization of political debate. He opposes the fairness Doctrine and would not want to see it reinstated. (more…)
