Selling Wireless Spectrum a Bad Idea

Congress may be about to sell large amounts of electromagnetic spectrum — through which cellphone, radio, and TV signals are transmitted — to private corporations. This could bring in tens of billions of dollars, but selling spectrum is a terrible idea.

Since selling could bring in so much money, the spectrum is obviously valuable. It is a natural resource — not produced by human effort.

Like all natural resources, the spectrum is therefore inherently owned by the public — every man, woman, and child subject to our government’s jurisdiction — and should be administered for the benefit of that public.

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