Borje Ekholm Quotes
When we talk about national infrastructure, we often discuss roads and railroads, but as a matter of fact, mobile infrastructure is equally as important.
Ekholm, Börje. "Keynote Address." Mobile World Congress, GSMA, 25 Feb. 2019.
Note the mild tone of asking the Congress to deal with crucial issues. Although almost revered as a king, Washington was very respectful of the independence of Congress on legislative affairs. Congress however did not act on these measures in that term.
Although Madison vetoed the Federal bill to improve the national infrastructure, he was very much for the improvements and he said so in this veto message. He, however, did not see the Constitutional authority for the Federal government to appropriate moneys to be spent in the States for infrastructure improvement. He was for a Constitutional Amendment to do so or to make the improvements using State money as New York did building the Erie Canal. Alexander Hamilton, and many of the Congressmen who voted for the bill disagreed (many of whom were also in the Constitutional Convention) and did not see the Constitutional limitation that Madison did. See Hamilton’s Quote 644278. He was particularly concerned that small and less affluent states could not possibly have the skill to design these or the finances to build them. Later President’s and Congresses sided with Hamilton. It would be hard to envision America today of Madison’s view had prevailed.
Börje Ekholm . He sits on the boards of Alibaba, Nasdaq, Inc., Trimble (company), and the Royal Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1988 with an MSC in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD.
