With renewed talk of using some taxpayer money on infrastructure (including broadband), telecom lobbyists are have started lining up with their hands outstretched. How that money should be spent is of course a debate already, with carriers preferring tax breaks and a hand shake, but consumer advocates wanting something with a little more substance. “The worst-case scenario would be to write a billion-dollar check in tax breaks and funnel money directly to prop up a stock price,” said Ben Scott, policy director at Free Press.
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