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Bob Dole: "biggest giveaway of the century"

On: Spectrum Wars: The Hidden Battle

Then-Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS) opposed simply giving use of the public airways to the broadcasters for free a proposal he called "the biggest giveaway of the century." Instead, he favored auctioning off the new broadcast spectrum. "Here we are," he said in early 1996, "trying to balance the budget, cutting welfare, cutting other programs, and about to give a big handout here to the rich, the powerful."

Common Cause "Channeling Influence the Broadcast Lobby and the $70 Billion Free Ride"
http://www.commoncause.org/publications/040297_rpt .htm