US/ND-3: another view
another view
calvin branche (cbranche@innet.com)
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:31:58 -0400
The business community, especially Telecommunications Providers of
all stripes, should look upon the Unviersal Service Fund from the point of
view that it will ultimately benefit the funders.
To increase the knowledge and productivity of the high school and
college graduate; to improve work skills or to add new skills for the
person now working; and to improve the ability for people to become more
sophisticated in their knowledge of society makes a better workplace since
it is then populated by more intelligent people makes the our nation
stronger.
As telecommunications companies attempt to find a comfortable
bottom-line contribution amount, with an eye towards its net profit
justifying the least amount contributed, where does that myopic view lead
the nation?
The two conflicting views of "serving the public" clash and recent
experience tends to the notion that business will prevail. But at what
cost to them, and to us?