42 Billion later

[Manonthestreet]

not one customer has connected to govt broadband......Thanks Joe.....the only thing libs are good at is disappearing tax dollars into their pockets

No rural residents connected to internet, 3 years into Biden broadband program

Some three years after the Biden administration announced the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program for rural America, not one household has been connected to high speed internet. Not one project has begun construction elsewhere or here, despite some $650 million in...

www.americanexperiment.org

 

[Manonthestreet]

Jon Stewart welcomed NYT columnist Ezra Klein on his "Weekly Show" podcast to stare into the abyss of government regulations that prevented President Biden's "Build Back Better" infrastructure bill from building much of anything at all. Klein is a co-author of the new book, "Abundance," which pitches the idea of a more effective liberalism by bringing attention to the red tape built into Democratic politics.

 

[Woodznutz]

not one customer has connected to govt broadband......Thanks Joe.....the only thing libs are good at is disappearing tax dollars into their pockets

No rural residents connected to internet, 3 years into Biden broadband program

Some three years after the Biden administration announced the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program for rural America, not one household has been connected to high speed internet. Not one project has begun construction elsewhere or here, despite some $650 million in...

www.americanexperiment.org

Years ago, the Fed funded a program to investigate commercial insurance fraud. The budget was $16Million. After an office building was leased, remodeled for gov't use, equipped with furniture and office equipment, and staff hired, the entire budget was spent. The program was scrapped before a single investigation took place.

 

[kyzr]

This is another $42b that congress needs to add to the "Rescission Package".

So that is $442b including the EPA slush funds to Podesta, Abrams.

 

[1srelluc]

Just try to make sense of this damn mess.....It's not a bug, it's a feature to pump money into the DNC.....And this just talks of one of around 14 steps!

Warner Presses FCC on Broadband Map Challenges

WASHINGTON – Ahead of a key deadline today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) is calling attention to a challenge submitted by the Virginia Office of Broadband to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), pointing to a significant number of locations in Virginia that are currently incorrectly...

www.warner.senate.gov

Rural Virginia could have been hooked to Starlink for 1/3rd (or less) of the price as installation costs went down with an increasing number of installations.