A Call to Service: on Technology

Invest in high-speed commuter rail & double-dip benefits

Top spur the economy in the short term, I'd accelerate investments in infrastructure projects, which immediately generate jobs while laying foundations for future growth. Wherever possible, we should aim at double- or triple-dip investments that spur the economy, increase future productivity, and improve our quality of life. What better time to get moving no projects like high-speed rail for commuters and for profitable intercity routes in places including the Boston-Washington corridor and a Portland-Seattle route? Why should we continue to lag behind France and Germany in transportation technology? Source: A Call to Service, by John Kerry, p. 77

Member of "Digital Dozen" of tech-savvy legislators

Making permanent the federal tax credit for research and development that helped supply much of the capital for the tech boom of the 1990s
Expand high-speed Internet access to insure that inner cities and rural areas become fully wired and to expand e-commerce
A tax credit for companies that set up broadband networks in inner cities, just as I earlier sponsored the e-rate law that finances the wiring of inner-city schools for the Internet
Enact digital signature legislation that makes it possible to execute secure and private authorizations of e-commerce transactions.

These issues are not just a recent sideline for me; they've been a big focus of my efforts in the Senate. I'm proud that Business Week magazine named me one of its digital dozen, the twelve most tech-savvy members of Congress. I was the only Senate Democrat to make that list. Source: A Call to Service, by John Kerry, p. 90-91

*The above quotations are from A Call to Service, by John Kerry, published Oct. 2003.* Click here for definitions & background information on Technology. Click here for more quotes by John Kerry on Technology.
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