John Edwards (D)
| Campaign Website | http://johnedwards.com |
| Political Base Page | http://www.politicalbase.com/people/john-edwards/2472/ |
| Net Neutrality | In favor of net neutrality |
| Immigration and H1B Visas | In favor of expanding the H1B program |
| Taxes & Internet Taxes | In favor of making the Research and Experimentation tax credit permanent |
| Technology Education | N/A |
| Digital Divide | "First, I will help create universal, affordable access to broadband. There should be no neighborhoods in America where the lights of the Internet are not on. The starting place for that is setting a goal of giving all U.S. homes and businesses access to real high-speed Internet by 2010. I will establish a national broadband map to identify gaps in availability, price, and speed. I will also create public-private partnerships to promote deployment and require providers not to discriminate against rural and low-income areas. I will work to improve Internet accessibility for people with disabilities. I believe we need to improve the e-rate program with a goal of universally wired schools." |
| Identity Theft | N/A |
| Mobile Spectrum Auction | "I was the only presidential candidate to write to the FCC in May to urge it to adopt auction rules for the 700 megahertz spectrum that would unleash the potential of smaller new entrants, transforming information opportunity for people across America - rural and urban, wealthy and not. I called for as much as half of the spectrum to be set aside for wholesalers who can lease access to smaller start-ups, offering the potential to improve service to rural and under-served areas. Additionally, I wrote that anyone winning rights to this valuable public resource should be required not to discriminate among data and services and to allow any device or application to connect to their service, just as they can to their landline phone service. This open access rule will force service providers to compete on quality and price, not just on exclusive contracts with in-demand products." |
| China | "I firmly believe that it is good for us and good for China when Americans do business there – especially when they offer technologies with the democratizing potential of the Internet. But we have to be careful always to support our fundamental values, such as freedom, democracy and human and labor rights. I am also concerned about China's practices like currency manipulation and unfair subsidies which threaten American competitiveness. our overarching goal must be to get China to commit to the rules that govern the conduct of nations." |
| Intellectual Property | N/A |
| Renewable Energy | "My climate change plan includes three great goals: reduce our carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, transform energy use in America to usher in a new energy economy, and freeze the demand for electricity with efficiency for the next decade. I will create the $13 billion a year New Energy Economy Fund to invest in clean, renewable energies like wind, solar, and sustainable biofuels, develop a new generation of efficient cars and trucks, and put new energy-saving technologies to work in buildings, transportation and industry. The result will be more than 1 million new jobs – with a new Green Collar Jobs training program to ensure that the opportunity is widely shared." |
| Other | Edwards sat on the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. |
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