Socialism for me…
“Ok, we’ll take the money back then.”
Republicans: “Noooooooo!”
Best I can do is instead use the money for stock buybacks and “lobbying”
Can’t give the poors a hand up. That tis teh socialisms. After all all they need is the incentive to work harder. /s
Only the oil companies get that
Sure, and farmers and all kinds of industry gets tons of welfare. Which they usually hand out as bonuses to their executives while laying off real Americans.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Republican lawmakers are fighting a Biden administration attempt to bring cheap broadband service to low-income people, claiming it is an illegal form of rate regulation.
GOP leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced an investigation into the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is administering the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program that was approved by Congress in November 2021.
The federal agency told Virginia that “the low-cost option must be established in the Initial proposal as an exact price or formula.”
The Republicans said anecdotal evidence suggests “the NTIA may be evaluating initial proposals counter to Congressional intent and in violation of the law.”
The US law that ordered NTIA to distribute the money requires that Internet providers receiving federal funds offer at least one “low-cost broadband service option for eligible subscribers.”
An NTIA spokesperson told Ars that the agency is working to implement the law’s requirement that grant recipients offer an affordable service tier to qualifying low-income households.
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Isnt it funny how Republicans always get the angriest and most offended at… Government doing its job and taking care of its citizenry? Especially when that effort and aid is directed at the poorest, most needing?
I could ahve sworn there was something in their bible about that kind of stuff.
Ah Yes, Hypocrites 1:1-3 " Thou shalt give unto the poor naught but vicious mockarie, For the poor are unworthy of naught but disdain and contempt, for they are lazy and feckless and undeserving of having their laziness and worthlessness enabled"
Republicans are angry at life in general.
