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White House Says 10M Households Have Signed Up for Broadband Subsidy
CNet ^ | 02/14/22 | Marguerite Reardon

Posted on 02/15/2022 5:47:51 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat

Vice President Kamala Harris touts the Biden administration's efforts to get low-income Americans access to a $30 per month subsidy for broadband.

.... The subsidy was made possible through the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress passed last year.

In remarks at the White House, Harris noted it was an important milestone as President Joe Biden and his administration work toward closing the digital divide and ensuring every American has access to high-speed affordable broadband service.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freebies; internet; kamala; welfare
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To: Recovering_Democrat

How many years have we been hearing about this? I thought it was done at the same time obozo handed out free cell phones...kind of like the ROAD TO RECOVERY ACT that produced nothing but made some companies rich....NO ROADS THO’ - NO INFRASTRUCTURE!

BORROW the money one year, spend it recklessly, go back another year for the same cause - people forget they already loaned you that money once already!

The way it works in DC..


21 posted on 02/15/2022 6:48:44 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Yep. You can get food stamps and use it to buy lobster and steak.

The rest of us have to watch what we spend.

Disgraceful.


22 posted on 02/15/2022 7:02:16 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: 1Old Pro

>>More redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the welfare state.<<

Almost. The wealth being redistributed ends up in the pockets of the service providers. This is how the Deep Ste/Democrat party buys corporations like Comcast (NBC), ATT (CNN) and more.


23 posted on 02/15/2022 7:04:47 AM PST by BlueYonder
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Programs like this make me want to write my Texas senators and tell them next time some worthless program to distribute $1400-$2000 checks to everyone comes to the floor, to stand up and scream that the Democrats are too cheap. They should demand that another 2 or 3 zeros be added to the check amount. Let us go ahead and break the government bank now. There might be enough of us left to rebuild this country and make damn sure crap like this never happens again.


24 posted on 02/15/2022 7:07:31 AM PST by rustyboots
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To: Col Frank Slade

Col, you are truly a cruel man....LOL


25 posted on 02/15/2022 7:12:55 AM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

‘Americans’ have become little piggies for their Feddie massahs. They love free sh*t.


26 posted on 02/15/2022 7:15:14 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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To: dartuser

Yes, most places are already doing that anyway. Ticks me off.


27 posted on 02/15/2022 7:17:14 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

It’s the Saddam Hussein strategy - make everyone dependent upon you for everything so you can control them.


28 posted on 02/15/2022 7:48:53 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Recovering_Democrat

My little ISP is chomping at the bit for federal grant money to run fiver optic out here to us. Then they’ll raise the price by $30/mth with the excuse that fedgov will pay for it if you’re poor.


29 posted on 02/15/2022 8:17:47 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Only in government can failure be celebrated as a great success. People sign up for free stuff. WOW. What an accomplishment.


30 posted on 02/15/2022 8:34:00 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: dartuser

What is so bad here, is that in Japan I was paying $40/month for insanely fast Fiber Optic (starting around 2003); but here, back in the states, it costs over $100 to get anywhere near that speed.


31 posted on 02/15/2022 8:47:17 AM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

10 million households Have signed Up but 4 million have the same address.

10% x ..............................................


32 posted on 02/15/2022 8:55:22 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Wait a minute. You’re telling me that Lyin’ Biden claims 10Mil households are signed up for Bidenet? Is this for real or just another pipe dream he pulled out of thin air in another one of his “speeches”?


33 posted on 02/15/2022 8:58:37 AM PST by egfowler3 (Still a Deplorable, a Christian 'Infidel', an American patriot & 'a vast right-wing conspirator')
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To: daniel1212

Excellent research and documentation.

Will $30.00 discount really enable poor people to buy services? Can they or WILL they pay the difference? This is all the biggest scam!


34 posted on 02/15/2022 9:10:27 AM PST by unsycophant
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To: dartuser

It takes more than $30 just to process all that paperwork.


35 posted on 02/15/2022 9:16:41 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Pollard

My cousin worked for a cable company that was/is in many rural areas. It was run by former Charter executives, literally the founders of what used to be Cencom and eventually became Charter. They left Charter and started a *new* cable company, called Cequel - now Suddenlink. They went into local rural towns and promised all kinds of fast speed, low cost - for 15 years or more - from what my cousin told me, that just didn’t happen- people couldn’t afford the prices; costs were very high, and the company was instrumental in pushing “rural connectivity” using their lobbyists in DC. Where’s the money really going to go? Does anyone really believe these cable companies are socially conscious to the point they give one sh*t about poor people getting connected? Sheesh.


36 posted on 02/15/2022 9:20:12 AM PST by unsycophant
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To: Ken522
"You did A LOT of research to post this - thanks, daniel1212!"

Yes, I was provoked by the deception.

37 posted on 02/15/2022 11:19:11 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I can see it now, you walk into a welfare office and they
have these cards you can put your information on and send
in post paid.


38 posted on 02/15/2022 3:21:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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