Another important note from that State of the Union is that FDR called for the Lend-Lease act for Britain, which was then at war with Germany.

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One would think the FCC had been chastened enough by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, when, to spur competition, Washington forced traditional phone companies to lease their lines at below-market rates to newcomers.

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