Comments on: Americans are robbed in the name of subsidies http://lirneasia.net/2007/01/americans-are-robbed-in-the-name-of-subsidies/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 23 May 2012 17:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sanjana Hattotuwa http://lirneasia.net/2007/01/americans-are-robbed-in-the-name-of-subsidies/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Sanjana Hattotuwa Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:38:30 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/01/americans-are-robbed-in-the-name-of-subsidies/#comment-17 There's a story here about an entrepreneur who uses the kickbacks generated by each call made in the US to offer free (or for the cost of a call to Iowa if you are in the US) international calls - http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/12/complicated-laws-free-calls/ The scheme of subsidies is shameful, and changing it is inevitably going to involve a pack of high priced lawyers and lobbyists threatening litigation. But as a friend of mine from the US, to whom I sent this story noted, it's not as shameful as this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html?em&ex=1169182800&en=823fac5b990e2729&ei=5087 There’s a story here about an entrepreneur who uses the kickbacks generated by each call made in the US to offer free (or for the cost of a call to Iowa if you are in the US) international calls – http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/12/complicated-laws-free-calls/

The scheme of subsidies is shameful, and changing it is inevitably going to involve a pack of high priced lawyers and lobbyists threatening litigation.

But as a friend of mine from the US, to whom I sent this story noted, it’s not as shameful as this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html?em&ex=1169182800&en=823fac5b990e2729&ei=5087

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