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Old 03-29-2012, 05:30 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
Not really, shouldn't tax payers' money be used to come to an agreement with the company that holds the patent? You can't expect the patent holder to pay for something like this themselves. That is exactly what public funds to help the disabled are for.
And if the company says, "No thanks, we're not interested"? What then? The only other option is some form of emminent domain, which is to say, take it away from them.

Is that what you're advocating?
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