August 2019

Elizabeth Warren’s rural broadband plan repeats historical mistakes

Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has a plan for rural America. All of America should be concerned, because it reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of economics and business.I’ll focus on the rural broadband plan. The overarching theme is that private businesses cannot be trusted, and neither can consumers (except maybe when they are voting for Senator Warren), so government officials should take control. Other takeaways: