Supreme Court To Decide Whether Helping Poor Rural Americans Get Broadband Is ‘Unconstitutional’ - Upgoat

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Helping Poor Rural Americans Get Broadband Is ‘Unconstitutional’
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https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/02/supreme-court-to-decide-whether-helping-poor-rural-americans-get-broadband-is-unconstitutional/

The FCC has long run an $8 billion federal subsidy program to help bring phone and broadband services to lower income homes and schools called the Universal Service Fund. The historically bipartisan program has long been funded by a fee on traditional phone lines. But with traditional phone lines dying, there’s been a long, ongoing discussion about how to best continue to fund the program.

The program has certainly seen fraud and abuse (much, much improved in more recent years). But it’s also done a mammoth amount of good getting neglected communities connected to the internet. A lot of folks like to singularly focus on the former to support the belief that government is always inherently bad.

The program is definitely in need of reform. Enter Republicans, who aren’t so much interested in how to fix the program, as they are redirecting taxpayer funds to their friends at companies like AT&T. Republicans insist they have the fix: to impose a massive new tax on “woke” tech companies and services (read: you), then give it to telecom giants like AT&T with a long, proud history of subsidy fraud.

“The last time the Supreme Court invoked what is known as the non-delegation doctrine to strike down a federal law was in 1935. But several conservative justices have suggested they are open to breathing new life into the legal doctrine.”

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[ - ] Joe_McCarthy 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 20:18:27 ago (+0/-0)

This must be the FDR thread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_South#:~:text=The%20%22Solid%20South%22%20included%20all,during%20the%20Jim%20Crow%20era.

[ - ] GodsNotDead 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 20:16:24 ago (+1/-0)

So lemme get this straight, after the US taxpayer spent BILLIONS for funding internet companies, the slimey kikes lawfare their own obligations away. These assholes had no problems pocketing the cash though

[ - ] localsal 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 19:39:38 ago (+1/-0)

Getting telephone coverage to rural areas is a life saving improvement.

Having to run phone lines to all those areas was totally unprofitable, which is why the government stepped in.

Internet does not seem to be the same level of urgency for most - as almost everyone in the US is covered by cell phone towers.

But the ISPs getting internet out to rural areas is a huge money pit for them.

Since internet is not a life saving technology, I would not support any government intervention in the form of a charge on every other user.

[ - ] SteppingRazor 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 16:21:41 ago (+1/-0)

Every little nigger deserves a chance to twerk

[ - ] Rob3122 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 15:25:07 ago (+0/-0)

Better off without it

[ - ] jfroybees 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 14:37:35 ago (+1/-0)

It states "lower income homes and schools called the USF." No the fuck where in there does it say "rural," which is all I care about.
This article is opinion in the guise of facts.

[ - ] RMGoetbbels 2 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 14:20:55 ago (+2/-0)

It was bullshit when they started it.

Nowhere in the US Constitution does it say build broadband internet so poor kids can watch porn.

It says........hang on a second.........should be Article II, Section 8.....

To establish Post Offices and post Roads

This section is the only part of the Constitution that gives the government any power whatsoever. THIS IS ALL THAT THEY CAN DO.

Do those areas have a post office? Is there a road to the post office?

Okay then, DONE.

[ - ] TheNoticing 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 12:58:07 ago (+1/-0)

As if the demoncrats don't siphon funds to their friends.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 3 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 12:11:44 ago (+3/-0)

oy vey only the ghetto niggers in slums should get it

[ - ] FreeinTX 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 11:48:38 ago (+1/-0)

This dumb faggot is so out of touch, he still has a Twitter (not X, twitter) link in his byline. And no, it doesn't work.

But he's the "tech" guy.

Total fag.

[ - ] Niggly_Puff 7 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 10:24:06 ago (+7/-0)

The internet was much better before niggers were given it for free.

[ - ] iSnark 3 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 09:58:14 ago (+3/-0)*

No, it's much better to give broadband and 250 Billion dollars to The Ukraine...

[ + ] jfroybees

[ - ] jfroybees 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 14:44:40 ago (+1/-0)

Don't give our resources to any of them. We have to stop incentive of ferals pumping out liabilities as a way to live.

[ + ] iSnark

[ - ] iSnark 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 14:52:04 ago (+1/-0)

We have to stop the asses at the top that bring them in to this Country...

[ + ] jfroybees

[ - ] jfroybees 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 15:01:31 ago (+0/-0)

End welfare just because of a kid. That would be a very nice change in the system thru a constitutional court. The Christian morality that brought about the compassion to feed the poor was used against us by the Commies as a war tactic in the 60s throwing our customs/society into havoc. Every generation it seems a more perverse havoc is thrown at our society. Frome free love to gay rights to eat the bugs and become a tranny.

[ + ] iSnark

[ - ] iSnark 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 15:09:22 ago (+1/-0)

I think that Washington DC needs a massive enema! America doesn't have Politicians, America has career criminal! The 1930's Mafia didn't go away, they became fucking Politicians!

[ + ] GreenSaint

[ - ] GreenSaint 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 11:42:24 ago (+1/-1)

If we got rid of cat lovers this country would improve drastically as well

[ + ] iSnark

[ - ] iSnark -1 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 11:47:47 ago (+0/-1)

Not much of a cat-lover myself, I'm a dog guy!

[ + ] VitaminSieg

[ - ] VitaminSieg 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 12:18:26 ago (+0/-0)

Kys

[ + ] iSnark

[ - ] iSnark 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2024 12:49:32 ago (+0/-0)

Dogs Rule, Cats drool!