We had a web site, which I designed, and pushed the idea through meetings and press conferences.
The entire program had little to do with "citizens" or grassroots. It had a lot to do with Corning, which funded the program to sell fiber-optic cable used to transmit high-speed data.
The group is long-gone now and many rural areas are still struggling to obtain decent high-speed service. But Corning sold some cable and the consulting firm I worked for at the time got paid.
Which brings us back to the original question here. How do we -- as ordinary citizens -- regain control of our country?
We can't do it if we allow ourselves to become pawns of business or political action groups.
But they have the money, and in politics you can't do anything without money.
Therein lies the problem.
The solution?
Sorry, don't have one.
Do you?
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