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Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program (arstechnica.com)
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Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program::Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who "already had broadband."

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The "free market" of America has seen providers given huge payouts by the government to flesh out infrastructure in rural areas etc to just........ Not even pretend to start and run with the cash to no consequence whatsoever.

Multiple times.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Right, because it's not "free market" it's all government controlled market. Like this comment from above.

    Both parties in our country have decided that nothing should happen unless a person who is already rich gets richer. That Government should never take any action if it possibly reduces the chance that someone else would make profit off of a problem.

    Yes, that's not capitalism or free market. That's government interference. Big difference. Like the whole too big to fail non-sense. No, government get out of the way and let them fail.

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