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Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor::Last month we noted how a program aimed at helping low income Americans afford broadband was at risk of being dismantled thanks to congressional incompetence and corruption. The FCC program, dubbed the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), was part of the 2021 infrastructure bill. It provides low-income Americans $30 off their monthly broadband bill. 22 million…

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fuck, they actually hate poor people.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think they just can't read the room. They may be against this via some thought process of this kind: "people in the Interwebs hate us, so if we make it more expensive, fewer people hate us". They really may not be getting the fact that everybody is on the Web now.

EDIT: But, as others have said, this means shitting on their own voter base. They could have literally improved their popularity very tangibly by supporting a few moves of this kind, most important for rural poorer voters.