Biden administration points finger at Republicans for internet bill hikes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CNN

Tens of millions of Americans could see skyrocketing internet bills this spring or may be abruptly kicked off their plans — and it will be congressional Republicans who are to blame, the Biden administration said Tuesday.

The accusation reflects a last-ditch pressure campaign to save a federal program that has helped connect more than 23 million US households to the internet, many for the first time. Without it, those households will be forced to pay hundreds of dollars more per year to stay online.

By the end of the month, funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) will run out, jeopardizing the monthly discounts on internet service benefiting an estimated 59 million low-income people, including veterans, students and older Americans.

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Although popular with users from across the ideological spectrum, the ACP’s future is in doubt as legislation to extend the program has stalled. Now, as the Federal Communications Commission has begun winding it down, the Biden administration is ramping up pressure on the GOP for standing in the way of a critical lifeline for accessing health care, jobs and education.

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-administration-points-finger-republicans-090126554.html

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GOP doing what it does best, nothing.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Some folks will cancel their service resulting in costs and fewer customers for ISPs

Lower revenue for phone and internet companies is not a very Republican outcome.

[SergeStorms]

5. They'll do what they always do.

They'll raise the rates for everyone else. Corporations in this country aren't allowed to have profits that flatline or (gasp!) decrease! No, profits must always increase by at least 10% each year, at the very least.
That's the way capitalism works, correct?

[peppertree]

6. But as always, the cruelty is the point

Repugs no longer care about being 'pro-bidness' - their hobby horse for decades, as you know.

Now, it's all about how much they can hurt those they dislike - even if it pinches them too.

You see it in other countries with radicalized rights, where the cruelty becomes an end in it itself.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Cruelty inflicts abuse and misery, to force you to turn to religion

This is a system to grind you down, control you, and bilk you.

[AZ8theist]

2. The GQP is NOT DOING NOTHING.

They are *ACTIVELY* degrading and destroying the lives of ordinary Americans.

Why?

Because the people of this nation ARE NOT THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

Their constituents are the billionaire class. As Thom Hartmann once said about Republican supporters: "Check your wallet. You're either a millionaire or you're a sucker."

[johnnyfins]

3. I will have to stop my service

Cant afford it. We'll all just use our phones now. I told comcast/xfinity this and they have been calling me everyday with bs offers.

[johnnyfins]

4. Also, the right loves this

It means that many more uninformed voters.

[SergeStorms]

7. Yes.

Education, whether formal or self-taught, is the bane of the republican party.

[niyad]

9. Oh, the gqp is doing plenty. . fucking us over in every way they can, every

chance they get. And, sadly, they are damned good at it.