trump kills digital equity act.

[22lcidw]

"equity"?

Equity and equality are both illusions.

There will always be superior and inferior, and those in between.

There will never be true forms of both.

An older than 40-year-old design hull is still being built for a destroyer class and the ships today cost Two and a Half billion dollars a piece. Currently we are trying to build frigates with a proven hull design from Europe. Original 600/700 million dollars a copy it is now at least One billion dollars and rising and a few years late before the first one is in the water. Just one grain of sand on the beach. So, there is something wrong. Somewhere. Someplace.

 

[rightwinger]

This act passed four years ago, how has it helped people in rural areas?

It provided funds to develop an internet backbone in rural areas. Internet is as vital to survival today as electricity and telephone were a hundred years ago.

And it is not going to be done in four years. It will take a while, but be worth it

 

[Rawley]

It provided funds to develop an internet backbone in rural areas. Internet is as vital to survival today as electricity and telephone were a hundred years ago.

And it is not going to be done in four years. It will take a while, but be worth it

So our years and no one has benefitted. Thought so.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

So our years and no one has benefitted. Thought so.

You don't get it.

 

[rightwinger]

So our years and no one has benefitted. Thought so.

No, you cannot just plug in to an Internet Backbone Network that is still being built

Think of the Interstate Hwy System. You did not benefit while it was still being built. But it was worth the wait.
Be patient Skippy

 

[jc456]

And I believe no one on either side has any idea that a perfect world can exist.

Has it ever?

 

[okfine]

Ah, so you wanna give more money to Elmo.

Might as well have dial-up service.

 

[Hollie]

The other day, during his intensive daily reading of complex policy papers, President Donald Trump noticed that a government initiative created by his predecessor had the word “equity” in its title. Naturally, this caught his attention. As he appeared to conclude, this could only mean the initiative was designed to help undeserving minorities.


Which presented Trump with a ripe opportunity to demagogue about supposed reverse racism against white people. As Trump just announced on Truth Social, he has canceled the program, raging that it’s “RACIST.” He fumed: “No more woke handouts based on race!”

Except there’s a problem here. The program in question, the Digital Equity Act, contained huge amounts of money for governments in GOP-run states, as well as Democratic ones, to expand high-speed internet access in underserved communities—very much including red states’ rural areas.

What’s more, every red state government had submitted proposals designed to garner their states large amounts of this funding. These proposals were explicitly designed by these GOP governments partly to serve their states’ rural areas.
That's right folks, trump is once again tripping himself.
The ineptitude of this administration is epic.

Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters

It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.

newrepublic.com

Except there’s a problem here, little lady. Whatever happened to the $42 Billion that was part of the democrat green new boondoggle that was a complete disaster?

The $42 billion internet program that has connected 0 people

The federal BEAD program makes little sense with the rate of private markets providing internet access.

www.washingtonpolicy.org

 

[Rawley]

You don't get it.

I already have it. I'm asking about these billions of dollars allocated four years ago and evidently no one yet has benefited.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The other day, during his intensive daily reading of complex policy papers, President Donald Trump noticed that a government initiative created by his predecessor had the word “equity” in its title. Naturally, this caught his attention. As he appeared to conclude, this could only mean the initiative was designed to help undeserving minorities.


Which presented Trump with a ripe opportunity to demagogue about supposed reverse racism against white people. As Trump just announced on Truth Social, he has canceled the program, raging that it’s “RACIST.” He fumed: “No more woke handouts based on race!”

Except there’s a problem here. The program in question, the Digital Equity Act, contained huge amounts of money for governments in GOP-run states, as well as Democratic ones, to expand high-speed internet access in underserved communities—very much including red states’ rural areas.

What’s more, every red state government had submitted proposals designed to garner their states large amounts of this funding. These proposals were explicitly designed by these GOP governments partly to serve their states’ rural areas.
That's right folks, trump is once again tripping himself.
The ineptitude of this administration is epic.

Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters

It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.

newrepublic.com

Government shouldn’t be paying for high speed internet.

 

[Nostra]

years ago Trump was accused of not renting to Black people and paid a fine

he has a history of being against woke programs and he doesn't care because he can buy his way out of any problem. Also he can sleep until noon and leave message to his people not to wake him.

Now he is saving money because as president he can just make statements and the repubs go crazy.

everything is fake but he is real well except his hair piece.

MSN

America rejected your Woke Cult in November.

 

[Rawley]

No, you cannot just plug in to an Internet Backbone Network that is still being built

Think of the Interstate Hwy System. You did not benefit while it was still being built. But it was worth the wait.
Be patient Skippy

So four years and nothing has been built?

 

[rightwinger]

So four years and nothing has been built?

Who told you that?

Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program:

• Funding:
  $42.45 billion allocated through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
  
  
• Purpose:
  To fund planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs to expand high-speed internet access in unserved and underserved areas.
  
  
• Prioritization:
  Focuses on "unserved" locations (those without broadband service at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream) and "underserved" locations (those lacking access to broadband service at 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream).
  
  
• Rollout:
  States and territories submitted plans by the end of 2023, but the actual rollout is expected to begin in 2026.

 

[Nostra]

View attachment 1109717

Illinois wins $253.7 million in federal funding to boost internet access in underserved areas

The new federal money will be used to connect 87,613 households and businesses in Illinois without high-speed internet access.

chicago.suntimes.com

Illinois is expanding broadband in rural areas

Ultra high-speed Internet access is a key to success for rural Illinois, now and in the future. In order to remain competitive in today’s digital society, Illinois must have broadband infrastructure that is second to none. Access to quality, high-speed Internet for all Illinois residents provides op

icl.coop

Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1 Billion in Federal Funding for Affordable, Reliable High-Speed Internet Infrastructure in Illinois | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

www.duckworth.senate.gov

Wow! You must live in the only part of your state that did not use Federal and State funds for highspeed fiber connectivity. The Utility company just chucked out the money on their own, eh?

All that money and justva handful actually hooked up to service.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Who told you that?

Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program:

• Funding:
  $42.45 billion allocated through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
  
  
• Purpose:
  To fund planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs to expand high-speed internet access in unserved and underserved areas.
  
  
• Prioritization:
  Focuses on "unserved" locations (those without broadband service at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream) and "underserved" locations (those lacking access to broadband service at 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream).
  
  
• Rollout:
  States and territories submitted plans by the end of 2023, but the actual rollout is expected to begin in 2026.

How many charging stations did *Joe and Kammy build ?

 

[Nostra]

Who told you that?

Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program:

• Funding:
  $42.45 billion allocated through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
  
  
• Purpose:
  To fund planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs to expand high-speed internet access in unserved and underserved areas.
  
  
• Prioritization:
  Focuses on "unserved" locations (those without broadband service at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream) and "underserved" locations (those lacking access to broadband service at 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream).
  
  
• Rollout:
  States and territories submitted plans by the end of 2023, but the actual rollout is expected to begin in 2026.

So nothing has been done despite tens of billions spent.

What a dumbass.

 

[Robert W]

The other day, during his intensive daily reading of complex policy papers, President Donald Trump noticed that a government initiative created by his predecessor had the word “equity” in its title. Naturally, this caught his attention. As he appeared to conclude, this could only mean the initiative was designed to help undeserving minorities.


Which presented Trump with a ripe opportunity to demagogue about supposed reverse racism against white people. As Trump just announced on Truth Social, he has canceled the program, raging that it’s “RACIST.” He fumed: “No more woke handouts based on race!”

Except there’s a problem here. The program in question, the Digital Equity Act, contained huge amounts of money for governments in GOP-run states, as well as Democratic ones, to expand high-speed internet access in underserved communities—very much including red states’ rural areas.

What’s more, every red state government had submitted proposals designed to garner their states large amounts of this funding. These proposals were explicitly designed by these GOP governments partly to serve their states’ rural areas.
That's right folks, trump is once again tripping himself.
The ineptitude of this administration is epic.

Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters

It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.

newrepublic.com

PolitiFact examined this in Biden's final year.

"
Biden's biggest effort for expanding internet access was the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, program, which allocated $42.45 billion to states and territories, much of it to build and deploy communications infrastructure. Funding for the program came through the bipartisan infrastructure bill Biden signed in 2021.

This money has been fully awarded, but in most cases, construction has not yet begun. "It will take years … for all of its projects to be completed," wrote Adie Tomer and Ben Swedberg for the Brookings Institution, a think tank. "

 

[rightwinger]

So nothing has been done despite tens of billions spent.

What a dumbass.

Link

 

[westwall]

YOu want to give it to billionaires.

Give? No, Elon builds a product, THAT WORKS, and sells it. There is no giving him anything.

 

[westwall]

View attachment 1109717

Illinois wins $253.7 million in federal funding to boost internet access in underserved areas

The new federal money will be used to connect 87,613 households and businesses in Illinois without high-speed internet access.

chicago.suntimes.com

Illinois is expanding broadband in rural areas

Ultra high-speed Internet access is a key to success for rural Illinois, now and in the future. In order to remain competitive in today’s digital society, Illinois must have broadband infrastructure that is second to none. Access to quality, high-speed Internet for all Illinois residents provides op

icl.coop

Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1 Billion in Federal Funding for Affordable, Reliable High-Speed Internet Infrastructure in Illinois | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

www.duckworth.senate.gov

Wow! You must live in the only part of your state that did not use Federal and State funds for highspeed fiber connectivity. The Utility company just chucked out the money on their own, eh?

WOW, you must learn how to read, 42,000,000,000 spent, and not ONE person connected. Where'd all that money go? An honest person would want to know.