FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money.

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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    71·
    6 months ago

    Grover Norquist was also the piece of shit who said he wanted the government so small that it could be drowned in a bathtub.

    And he did stand-up comedy in the D.C. area. Really. He must have been just hilarious, so I’m not sure why he hasn’t been given a Netflix special.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        41·
        6 months ago

        Right? But not Grover. It’s almost as if he’s as shitty a comedian as he is a political thinker.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            31·
            6 months ago

            Probably. I’ve never seen Grover’s attempt at comedy, but I’ve seen Watters (and Gutfeld too) try to be funny and fail miserably.

            • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              6 months ago

              Ugh forgot that Gutfield exists, dude is like the Bill Maher of the Right, except that Bill Maher is becoming the Bill Maher of the Right.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                21·
                6 months ago

                Bill Maher, who I don’t think is funny, is funnier than Gutfeld. At least Maher doesn’t get a stupid smirk on his face whenever he thinks he’s said something funny like it’s a punchline.

                • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  51·
                  6 months ago

                  I don’t agree, Maher definitely does, he’s just better at not doing it as often. Maher has one of the most punchable faces in “comedy”.