More vote buying by the left. 14 billion on internet for lowlifes.

[Muhammed]

Can you explain why you are such a racist bastard? Is it lack of education, poor upbringing, or just plain ******* stupid?

You're obviously projecting.

 

[surada]

So then you agree with me that it's convenience and not necessity. That's the point I'm making. The federal government is going to spend 14 billion dollars for conveniences to buy votes. This country is 30 trillion in the hole and growing. Don't you think we should at the very least not buy votes anymore?

In 2022 internet is essential.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

In 2022 internet is essential.

How is it essential when close to a quarter of the families in this country don''t have it? They seem to be doing fine.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Post a link and I'll look at it. Never heard of it before.

Of course you never heard of it, your party masters did not tell you about it when they are the ones doing it.

USDA to Make $550 Million in Funding Available in 2020 to Deploy High-Speed Broadband Internet Infrastructure in Rural America

STANTON, Iowa, Dec. 12, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the availability of a second round of $550 million in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Reconnect Pilot Program funding appropriated by Congress. The application window for this round of...

www.usda.gov

USDA Invests $12.8 Million in Rural Broadband for Illinois Families

LOUISVILLE, Ill., Dec. 4, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Bill Northey announced USDA has invested $12.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 1,650...

www.usda.gov

USDA Invests $12.8 Million in Rural Broadband for Illinois Families

LOUISVILLE, Ill., Dec. 4, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Bill Northey announced USDA has invested $12.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 1,650...

www.usda.gov

USDA invests $48M in broadband for rural Virginia Communities

Thousands of Virginians who live in rural areas will soon have access to high-speed internet.

www.nbc29.com

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Post a link and I'll look at it. Never heard of it before.

I guess you did not hear about the extra 16 billion dollars farmers were given on top of the 20 they always get back in 2019 either?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Of course you never heard of it, your party masters did not tell you about it when they are the ones doing it.

USDA to Make $550 Million in Funding Available in 2020 to Deploy High-Speed Broadband Internet Infrastructure in Rural America

STANTON, Iowa, Dec. 12, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the availability of a second round of $550 million in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Reconnect Pilot Program funding appropriated by Congress. The application window for this round of...

www.usda.gov

USDA Invests $12.8 Million in Rural Broadband for Illinois Families

LOUISVILLE, Ill., Dec. 4, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Bill Northey announced USDA has invested $12.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 1,650...

www.usda.gov

USDA Invests $12.8 Million in Rural Broadband for Illinois Families

LOUISVILLE, Ill., Dec. 4, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Bill Northey announced USDA has invested $12.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 1,650...

www.usda.gov

USDA invests $48M in broadband for rural Virginia Communities

Thousands of Virginians who live in rural areas will soon have access to high-speed internet.

www.nbc29.com

I read a couple of your links. First of all, it explicitly highlights rural areas, not "low income" families. Not that I agree with it either, but it's not vote buying. Secondly, all your links state that it was Congress (Democratically led) that funded the USDA with the money. A President can sign a spending bill, but not direct how agencies (like the USDA) are to spend the funds. Only Congress can do that. Third. it's 1/28th of the funding in the bill by Biden that I posted. Fourth, much of the money is loan grants, meaning much of it has to be paid back to the government by the communications companies that accepted the money.

Again, I don't agree with any of it either, but we're really talking apples and oranges here.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I read a couple of your links. First of all, it explicitly highlights rural areas, not "low income" families. Not that I agree with it either, but it's not vote buying.

How is it any less vote buying than targeting low income specifically? They are buying the votes of the rural areas.

Secondly, all your links state that it was Congress (Democratically led) that funded the USDA with the money. A President can sign a spending bill, but not direct how agencies (like the USDA) are to spend the funds. Only Congress can do that.

It was not new in 2019, it has been going on for a decade as far as I know. Funny how the POTUS is not responsible when the POTUS is from your beloved party.

Third. it's 1/28th of the funding in the bill by Biden that I posted

Now it is Biden's bill, two sentences ago it was all on congress. you are so transparent is is not even funny

 

[August West]

How is it essential when close to a quarter of the families in this country don''t have it? They seem to be doing fine.

Some people like to learn something new everyday or have access to a variety of reputable news sources. Ignorance isn`t as blissful as you may think. I remember a politician saying he loved the uneducated and they loved him back.

 

[francoHFW]

And you think people buy your lie you're a retired school teacher? How many retarded retired school teachers are out there anyway? In the very first paragraph of the OP:

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.

Now where do people with most low incomes reside at? That's right, in all those lower income cities like here in Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore...... all heavily Democrat areas that vote no less than 95% Democrat politicians.

AND POOR PEOPLE LIVE IN RURAL AREAS TOO duh. Ay caramba. And of course you are talking about blacks DUH. lol. Here is 72% trump and plenty of poverty and places with no cable or internet...and no blacks lol...Your Greedy Rich liar party is a disgrace. But thanks for the racist propaganda update...I was a teacher and I am retired. I always say I was a businessman longer. Why would I lie lol. The only liars are your scumbag Pundits and Murdoch. trump is hard to figure. Biggest conman ever anyway...

 

[francoHFW]

How is it any less vote buying than targeting low income specifically? They are buying the votes of the rural areas.



It was not new in 2019, it has been going on for a decade as far as I know. Funny how the POTUS is not responsible when the POTUS is from your beloved party.



Now it is Biden's bill, two sentences ago it was all on congress. you are so transparent is is not even funny

Vote buying? Also called trying to help the country and its people like every other modern country...Change the channel, God will not be amused... All your scumbag party cares about is the greedy idiot lying GOP megarich and duping the rubes...

 

[daveman]

I’m not insisting that internet access should be important.

I’m pointing out that it is important.

That's not a decision you can make for everyone.

 

[daveman]

I did? How so?

By saying that they’re poor?

"Yea I’m sure they just love living in poverty, having minimal skills, having no education and no access to the internet."

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Vote buying? Also called trying to help the country and its people like every other modern country...Change the channel, God will not be amused... All your scumbag party cares about is the greedy idiot lying GOP megarich and duping the rubes...

take a chill pill. I did not call it vote buying, I am asking the one that did why it is different than what is happening now that he is whining about

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

AND POOR PEOPLE LIVE IN RURAL AREAS TOO duh. Ay caramba. And of course you are talking about blacks DUH. lol. Here is 72% trump and plenty of poverty and places with no cable or internet...and no blacks lol...Your Greedy Rich liar party is a disgrace. But thanks for the racist propaganda update...I was a teacher and I am retired. I always say I was a businessman longer. Why would I lie lol. The only liars are your scumbag Pundits and Murdoch. trump is hard to figure. Biggest conman ever anyway...

If you were any kind of a school teacher you'd know that NYC alone has a larger population than our ten lowest populated states combined and that's just one city. Now that you've been busted for a moron you're going to change your lie from teacher to businessman. Geeze.

 

[XponentialChaos]

That's not a decision you can make for everyone.

That’s just common sense.

 

[XponentialChaos]

"Yea I’m sure they just love living in poverty, having minimal skills, having no education and no access to the internet."

That’s reality. We looked at the data.

They have a high rate of poverty and food stamp recipients. Their education achievement levels are low. They’re less likely to be connected to the internet.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

How is it any less vote buying than targeting low income specifically? They are buying the votes of the rural areas.



It was not new in 2019, it has been going on for a decade as far as I know. Funny how the POTUS is not responsible when the POTUS is from your beloved party.



Now it is Biden's bill, two sentences ago it was all on congress. you are so transparent is is not even funny

Another one that wants to comment on a subject without reading the OP. It's not like it's hidden, I reposted part of the article for you people that won't read it. Again:

The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress last year included $14.2 billion funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Biden, during his White House run and the push for the infrastructure bill, made expanding high-speed internet access in rural and low-income areas a priority.

See, not that hard!

In rural areas you have a mix of people. You're not going to find many Republican voters in heavily populated cities. It's specifically intended to pander to Democrat voters, just like all this green bullshit nobody needs panders to their envirokooks that they are also calling infrastructure, just like they pander to the weirdos and freaks because most all weirdos and freaks belong to the Democrat party.

With all that aside, I also stated I didn't approve of the last spending PASSED BY A DEMOCRAT CONGRESS because our country is 30 trillion in the hole and growing. The last time they spent money on this garbage we were nowhere the inflation rate of 8.5%, some of which is because of overspending by the federal government.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

With all that aside, I also stated I didn't approve of the last spending PASSED BY A DEMOCRAT CONGRESS because our country is 30 trillion in the hole and growing

perhaps you also should not have approved of the spending bills PASSED BY A REPUB CONGRESS and signed by Repub POTUS that took us from 19 trillion dollars in debt to more than 24 trillion. This congress did not spend all 30 trillion, it was a group effort by the Dems and the Repubs but you only give a shit when the Dems do you.

People like you are why we are 30 trillion in the hole and growing

 

[Jarlaxle]

They're not behind at all. They buy food, pay bills, maintain their house and property like they always have.

If my Uncles didn't have food, they would die like the Amish or anybody else. If they didn't have sufficient shelter, they may freeze to death in our brutal winters up north. But without technology they get along just fine. Since food is a necessity and if the only place they would be able to get it was at their local library, they would find a way to get there.

So we are not talking actual necessity, we are talking about convenience. I don't believe taxpayers should be on the hook to provide conveniences like I don't believe we should be paying for personal investments like college. If you want it, pay for it like I do.

A couple of months ago I lost my cable and internet for 24 hours. I thought it was the end of the Fn world. Then I asked myself, WTF did I do before I had cable and internet? After all, it was winter and global warming nowhere in sight. Long story short, by the end of that 24 hour period, my apartment was never cleaner.

I need internet connectivity to do job
Without it,I I do not get paid.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Republicans should push for eye scans and fingerprints that match the birth records of eligible voters.

Ate you in the right thread?