"We are one of the better financed operators in this arena," said Henry.
He feels that, with proper financing, cable operators could offer a free basic channel, a TV-preservation equivalent of C-Span.
Take this reliably bouffant pledge from Steve Norris: "There is not the slightest shadow of doubt that, freed from the constraints of public sector financing, train operators … will generate substantially greater investment in the railways because of the privatisation of British Rail".
Nevertheless the public transport system needs to be upgraded in quality terms as the average age of buses and trains are still too high, and there are several unresolved issues in the solid financing of operator companies.
The second change would allow the secretary to directly finance charter-school operators that have already produced high-quality schools.
Congress is so enthusiastic that it has created a $50 million fund and given Mr. Duncan the authority to directly finance charter school operators who want to replicate or expand successful programs.
In 1970, after returning stateside, Mr. Thompson founded Health Care REIT, Inc. along with Frederic D. Wolfe, to finance developers and operators of nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and related healthcare projects.
This national nonprofit has invested $14 billion to revitalize low-income communities with better housing, businesses, health care, jobs, schools and safety efforts, including $265 million in grants, loans, equity and tax credits to help charter school operators finance their facilities.
There are the more traditional and publicly celebrated programmatic initiatives, like financing charter school operators and early-college high schools.
