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

And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    91·
    2 years ago

    Imagine living in the 2020’s in the developed world and not realizing that internet access is a basic necessity.

    Then imagine being the sort of person who would deny poor people basic necessities

      • Skybreaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
        46·
        2 years ago

        Might want to get that cough checked out. …unless you’re in America, in which case you probably couldn’t afford it.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
      251·
      2 years ago

      They know full well that internet is a necessity to participate in society.

      That is why they are blocking it with every fibre of their being.

      To them, poor people are poor because god is angry at them. They deserve to be poor.

    • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      2 years ago

      Trump 2024, lol

      (Edit: just to clarify–if you want all that bullshit, Trump is your man 🙌)

      (Edit 2: /s would apparently have been the appropriate indicator of my lack of seriousness. TIL!)