They are no longer pretending.
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If you peer into Americans' grocery carts, you're unlikely to see a mix of foods and beverages that make for an ideal diet. And this is true for many of the nearly 42 million people who receive food stamps, too.
According to a 2016 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sweetened beverages, including soda, are among the most commonly purchased items by recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP.
But, but what about the starving children!!!!
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/29/659634119/food-stamps-for-soda-time-to-end-billion-dollar-subsidy-for-sugary-drinks -
Anyone who can't get broadband is not likely to change their lives once they get it for free. And it won't be free.GDS said:160 million Americans lack high speed terrestrial broadband. In today’s economy with the skills people need to gain that’s absolutely a collective need and puts us behind other world powers. We need to improve our infrastructure and broadband is absolutely part of that.
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Shouldn’t be free. Bad precedent. Should be regulated like utilities.creepycoug said:
Anyone who can't get broadband is not likely to change their lives once they get it for free. And it won't be free.GDS said:160 million Americans lack high speed terrestrial broadband. In today’s economy with the skills people need to gain that’s absolutely a collective need and puts us behind other world powers. We need to improve our infrastructure and broadband is absolutely part of that.
God, I think I just went over the dark side from the right of the bell curve to the left of the bell curve.
I’m going give myself a timeout. 5 minutes, nose in corner. -
I honestly wouldn't mind some full blown communism.
Because it's a lie and the most corrupt motherfuckers get ahead. And that's my jam. -
Btw, this claim is pure crap. Most people “lack” broadband because they have chosen not to get it despite the fact that it’s available to them. Only a small percentage of the population lacks broadband because it’s not available.GDS said:160 million Americans lack high speed terrestrial broadband. In today’s economy with the skills people need to gain that’s absolutely a collective need and puts us behind other world powers. We need to improve our infrastructure and broadband is absolutely part of that.
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LOL!PurpleThrobber said:
Shouldn’t be free. Bad precedent. Should be regulated like utilities.creepycoug said:
Anyone who can't get broadband is not likely to change their lives once they get it for free. And it won't be free.GDS said:160 million Americans lack high speed terrestrial broadband. In today’s economy with the skills people need to gain that’s absolutely a collective need and puts us behind other world powers. We need to improve our infrastructure and broadband is absolutely part of that.
God, I think I just went over the dark side from the right of the bell curve to the left of the bell curve.
I’m going give myself a timeout. 5 minutes, nose in corner. -
In Walmart two years ago behind two women (African American) who had 7 kids in tow and three shopping carts overflowing with absolute shit food. All 9 were obese. I mean it was every chip, sugar drink, donuts, cookies, and bags of frozen chitlins that you could think of. Zero vegetables. It was horrendous. They paid with three EBT cards (food stamps) and then pulled out three credit cards to finish paying. The cashier made the mistake of making a noise of disapproval while ringing up this pure crap (an elderly AA woman) and one of the horrible mothers snapped at her to shut her mouth. Now I always look at what the EBT cards are buying and literally 9 times out of 10 the carts are full of crap.SFGbob said:If you peer into Americans' grocery carts, you're unlikely to see a mix of foods and beverages that make for an ideal diet. And this is true for many of the nearly 42 million people who receive food stamps, too.
According to a 2016 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sweetened beverages, including soda, are among the most commonly purchased items by recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP.
But, but what about the starving children!!!!
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/29/659634119/food-stamps-for-soda-time-to-end-billion-dollar-subsidy-for-sugary-drinks -
the Report finds that approximately 19 million Americans—6 percent of the population—still lack access to fixed broadband service at threshold speeds. In rural areas, nearly one-fourth of the population —14.5 million people—lack access to this service. In tribal areas, nearly one-third of the population lacks access. Even in areas where broadband is available, approximately 100 million Americans still do not subscribe. The report concludes that until the Commission’s Connect America reforms are fully implemented, these gaps are unlikely to close. Because millions still lack access to or have not adopted broadband, the Report concludes broadband is not yet being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion.
https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/eighth-broadband-progress-report
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"Oh but there's no way the private sector will ever have enough capital to do this without the government!"
[Starlink is a satellite constellation development project underway by American company SpaceX,[1][2] to develop a low-cost, high-performance satellite bus and requisite customer ground transceivers to implement a new space-based Internet communication system.[3][4] SpaceX also plans to sell satellites that use a satellite bus that may be used for military,[5] scientific or exploratory purposes.[6]
Starlink constellation, phase 1, first orbital shell: approximately 1,600 satellites at 550 km altitude
SpaceX has plans to deploy nearly 12,000 satellites in three orbital shells by the mid-2020s: initially placing approximately 1600 in a 550-kilometer (340 mi)-altitude shell, subsequently placing ~2800 Ku- and Ka-band spectrum satellites at 1,150 km (710 mi) and ~7500 V-band satellites at 340 km (210 mi).[7] The total cost of the decade-long project to design, build and deploy such a network was estimated by SpaceX in May 2018 to be on the order of US$10 billion.[8]
Product development began in 2015, and two prototype test-flight satellites were launched in February 2018. A second set of test satellites and the first large deployment of a piece of the constellation occurred on 24 May 2019 (UTC) when the first 60 operational satellites were launched.[1][9] Initial commercial operation of the constellation could begin in 2020.[10]
The SpaceX satellite development facility in Redmond, Washington, houses the research, development, manufacturing and on-orbit control operations for the satellite Internet project.]
Much like California's high speed rail, by the time the government gets around to actually building it after wasting trillions of dollars it will be obsolete. -
You guys live in the outer zone of food stamps too much when it comes to situations where government can actually do some good.
When I'm talking rural high speed access, I"m talking like farmers, ranchers, maybe young people who are techies and want to keep living Bumfuck, Montana and take care of grandpa instead of venturing to the godforsaken city of Seattle or San Fran.
Not everybody has a T-1 line or Google fiber running along their dirt road.
