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submitted 5 months ago by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding down a program that gives $30 monthly broadband discounts to people with low incomes, and says it will have to complete the shutdown by May if Congress doesn't provide more funding.

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[-] Philo@sh.itjust.works 118 points 5 months ago

Another great fuck you to the less financially able citizens of this country by the GOP. When the hell will we learn?

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

Never. Have you seen how small our public education budget is!?

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 months ago

The GOP plan at work!

That's a feature, not a bug

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

When Fox News stops doing things like telling those citizens that shutting down this program is Biden's fault.

[-] Coach@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Impoverished people are easier to lead and the GOP can't lead themselves out of a brown paper bag, so...poverty it is.

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