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	<title><![CDATA[Keep the Sock Puppets Out of Your Stimulus]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-aaron/keep-the-sock-puppets-out_b_155980.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-aaron/broadband-very-stimulatin_b_153288.html">wrote here </a>two weeks ago about why a multi-billion dollar investment in broadband must be part of the massive economic stimulus package now being crafted in Congress.</p>

<p>I touted the<a href="http://www.freepress.net/files/DownPayment_DigitalFuture.pdf"> detailed plan</a> put forward by colleague S. Derek Turner, which proposes $44 billion in broadband stimulus spending, and I listed some of the key elements -- such as future-proof speeds, universal service, and no blank checks -- that must be part of any legislation.</p>

<p>But I forgot to include...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-07T14:02:00-05:00</date_published>
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