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From: greg@hwcs.UUCP (Greg Michaelson)
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Subject: Re: A proposal for a modified voting rule
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Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 07:44:51 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 13 07:44:51 1985
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> One of the real problems with the way we create groups is that there is
> absolutely no correlation between the sites that pay the bills for the
> net and the sites that coordinate where the net is going. A few major
> sites and companies are spending a lot of money subsidizing the net,
> and there are a lot of sites that simply don't carry their own weight
> on the costs of supporting this network.
> 
> I think we need to realize that the net isn't a free lunch, and give
> the people that pay the ride a stronger say in what goes on.

The White House computer lives! Reagonomics hits the net! How about
taxes on wealthy net users for redistribution to us impecunious sites:
'Netaid' on the lines of 'Medicaid'?