Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor::Last month we noted how a program aimed at helping low income Americans afford broadband was at risk of being dismantled thanks to congressional incompetence and corruption. The FCC program, dubbed the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), was part of the 2021 infrastructure bill. It provides low-income Americans $30 off their monthly broadband bill. 22 million…
“Think of my unfortunate owner -er- I mean constituents that own broadband businesses. They have no money left from the last subsidy we gave them to make faster broadband (that they pocketed), to make that same broadband that they didn’t upgrade even cheaper for poor folks! How do we expect them to buy their second or third yachts by helping the poors?”
There’s 22 million people receiving a $30 subsidy, that’s a $660 million payout from government to those broadband businesses…
“Helping the poors” is directly helping them buy yachts by adding $660 million dollars to what the market can support. you’re narrative is fucky.
Repubs want to shut it off because it’s welfare, and they think poor people get that way by choice and shouldn’t get any handouts. It’s just simple Intolerance is all
You’re right, I totally had the wrong reason the GOP is being shitty this time. It’s the crushing of the poor because they are poor, not because the poor are taking from the rich.
My bad.