The proposal comes after Republicans killed a federal FCC program that provided a $30 discount off the broadband bills of low-income Americans. The Republicans in question claimed they killed the popular program to save money, but a follow up study showed that the program more than paid for itself (by a factor of four) because it helped expand access to remote healthcare, employment, and education.

My state fighting a good fight. We’re flawed, but we sometimes get it right.

  • thefartographer@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    You’re not wrong. People tend to tune me out when I speak that formally, and I made a decision a long time ago to always write how I speak.

    That being said, you should hear my corrected version of Land of Confusion.

    This is the world in which we live
    And these are the names you’ve given us