[LINK] Four Corners NBN

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:53 AM 12/04/2011, Frank O'Connor wrote:

>But it was a reasonably good relatively unbiased coverage of the issues.
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>Definitely worth a watch on iView if you missed it.

I agree, Frank. In fact if Linkers have anyone who has questions 
about this project, iView is a great place to point them. All the 
vested interests had their say. The examples were good, from small 
business to education to in the home health support, complete with 
comparisons of today's inability to cope and the potential good that 
could happen. Steven Long and his producers did a good job.

The one thing missing was the fact that all this is based on loans, 
NOT taxes or taxpayer money. The problem with a country that has lost 
the knowledge about bonds as funding sources is that every bit of 
government handled money is considered a tax, when it's not. Bonds 
are great things when used for capital projects. And they get paid 
back. In the case of NBN, there will be an income stream to do so, 
unlike many bonds for schools and roads. This should be a no-brainer. 
Maybe Four Corners should do a program on what government bonds are for.

Jan



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