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·
    10 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·
        10 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·
            10 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·
              10 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·
                10 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·
                  10 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”.