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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster
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To: HPilot who wrote (12116)5/1/2009 9:11:50 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 103300
 
Exclusive ownership is claimed (by the government) on behalf of the "public".

It is considered part of a "public commons"... and MULTI-Billion Dollar federal auctions have been conducted to auction off exclusive rights to use various parts of the spectrum for various private uses.

Much money has been raised for the federal treasury this way.
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