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Kerry: Broadband Revolution for Jobs and Growth
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry this week laid out a program to spur a "broadband revolution" and to promote communications technologies as the cornerstone of a 21st century economy that emphasizes high-wage job growth.
America needs to "seize the possibilities of the broadband revolution to make Internet access available to all of America's families," he said in a speech delivered in California's Silicon Valley. "We need to make sure we don't settle for slipping to 10th place in the world when it comes to adapting broadband, he said, noting: "This means connecting every corner of our country to a network that's up to 100 times faster than today's."
As president he will offer tax incentives to extend high-speed Internet service to rural areas and inner cities, and expand the available spectrum "to make more room for broadband wireless services and advanced WiMAX services," he said. By selling spectrum space to private companies, more money can be invested in science and technology to promote further innovation.
Kerry's program calls for tax credits to help small business startups and to expand investment in research and development. Tax breaks should be aimed at American job creation, he said, and tax breaks that subsidize the exporting of jobs must be eliminated.
He outlined this vision for his program: "It's about a little boy in Detroit or a little girl from rural Florida who can access the same research for their science project as a child from the wealthiest suburb. A network that will allow hospitals to prepare for incoming patients by watching streaming video feeds from the ambulance. And it's about providing our first responders with a secure wireless network that will arm them with the best communications network to better protect America."
Kerry called for "an economic agenda focused on high-tech, high-wage job growth. It is an optimist agenda for prosperity. It recognizes that the promise of the Information Age was not a bubble; it is a breakthrough that will continue to lift our economy and our lives."
America needs to "seize the possibilities of the broadband revolution to make Internet access available to all of America's families," he said in a speech delivered in California's Silicon Valley. "We need to make sure we don't settle for slipping to 10th place in the world when it comes to adapting broadband, he said, noting: "This means connecting every corner of our country to a network that's up to 100 times faster than today's."
As president he will offer tax incentives to extend high-speed Internet service to rural areas and inner cities, and expand the available spectrum "to make more room for broadband wireless services and advanced WiMAX services," he said. By selling spectrum space to private companies, more money can be invested in science and technology to promote further innovation.
Kerry's program calls for tax credits to help small business startups and to expand investment in research and development. Tax breaks should be aimed at American job creation, he said, and tax breaks that subsidize the exporting of jobs must be eliminated.
He outlined this vision for his program: "It's about a little boy in Detroit or a little girl from rural Florida who can access the same research for their science project as a child from the wealthiest suburb. A network that will allow hospitals to prepare for incoming patients by watching streaming video feeds from the ambulance. And it's about providing our first responders with a secure wireless network that will arm them with the best communications network to better protect America."
Kerry called for "an economic agenda focused on high-tech, high-wage job growth. It is an optimist agenda for prosperity. It recognizes that the promise of the Information Age was not a bubble; it is a breakthrough that will continue to lift our economy and our lives."