Posted on 09/01/2021 8:38:29 AM PDT by devane617
Having trouble paying your internet bills during the pandemic? Let the government chip in. The Federal Communications Commission announced last week that about 5 million U.S. households have officially enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, an initiative that provides up to $50 a month to help cover the cost of internet and digital devices for certain Americans. Launched in May, the limited-time-only program is intended to give low-income households a discount on broadband bills as the COVID-19 crisis wears on. So far, it’s proving popular: As of Aug. 29, over 4.9 million non-tribal and 107,000 tribal households were enrolled in the FCC internet discount program. (The distinction matters because tribal households can receive discounts as high as $75, whereas non-tribal households max out at $50.) States with the most residents taking advantage include California, where roughly 626,000 households have enrolled; Florida (about 335,000); New York (308,000); and Ohio (298,000). In Puerto Rico, some 209,000 households are benefiting from the EBB.
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No enumerated power.
Progressivism is lawlessness.
More free money. Why work or pay income taxes?
Shouldn't we add up all the benefits these "low income" folks get first. Some are earning 50,000 or more in "benefits".
Big Tech should be footing this bill, not us.
Of course they do. They want absolutely everyone playing in their Matrix. That way they can control every bit of information one is exposed to.
That’s another $50/mth we could put into prepping for the dems’ goal of crashing the US by giving away free stuff /s
We have a completely fiat, printed money, with a Federal Reserve that monetizes government debt - and for now anyway, the world accepts it! totally awesome!
Why would ANY DC politician or permanent bureaucrat not spend as much as much as they possibly can? What fool would dare say “no” - you can’t have that?
Its a fantastic system (until it ends)
Force feed evryone anti white-male racism, porn, homosexuality, and other perversions.
Nothing in life is free.
Sooner or later, the government will call in their chips...and it probably won’t be pleasant for the current beneficiaries.
$3B dollars a year, but we could not pay for a wall?
This is why there should be no progressive tax scale. Flat tax only.
If those who are now in the lower brackets actually had to contribute to these programs, the more the phones would be rining in congress to stop it.
In New York: TANF, WIC, HEAP (heating fuel, electric bills, heating equipment and cooling equipment), EBT, Section 8, SSI, SSD, school supply drives, toys for tots, holiday meal giveaways, free weatherproofing and insulation, obama phones (iphones with unlimited plans) food banks (many of which drive up to in their escalades donning full length leather jackets, full mani/pedi, tats and weave sucking on a mcdonalds shake.
And on and on and on.
whoops forgot MEDICAID which is cadillac health insurance that the middle class cannot afford. Orthodontia, eyeglasses, contacts, dermatology, you name it all covered for FREE!
$3 billion a year that if they negotiated even.a little could be cut to a third of that. My unnegotiated monthly internet bill for high speed internet is $20. Are they giving them Netflix or just cable tv too?
And....25% increase in food stamp assistance. I want 25% off my grocery bill each time I go to the store.
Money being thrown right and left...
First time I saw this happen locally, I was gobsmacked, a whole "fambly" dressed to the nines. There is one racial group with an inflated sense of entitlement. Tragedy of the commons.
Isn’t it nice to have 3.5 Trillion dollars to spend.
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