Just what we need ... more government spending!

Locally a couple of school princapals were caught getting free lunches for their childern. Nothing much more then a slap on the wrists were given to them.

I seriously doubt that program would really help very many people...first, because it is limited to only a particular sector of the poor. Secondly, because so many of the ISPs are supporting it, because I once had a discounted cable TV service with one of the ISPs listed, and I terminated it, because with programming that was offered wasn't very enticing, and it was nothing more than bait to get me to signup for internet and telephone. While I shall keep my internet connection, I intend to terminate the telephone also, because I can get better service on landline. The point is, that the reason that the ISPs are supporting it, is because they see something in it to their advantage...not necessarily to that of the intended users.

i think thats funny because most of the "poor" people i associated with don't have computers. I just gave away one of my old laptops to a needy family today. we should work on getting them computers first, not internet. children growing up in a home without a computer are going to be way behind the curve

Big Tom said:

i think thats funny because most of the "poor" people i associated with don't have computers. I just gave away one of my old laptops to a needy family today. we should work on getting them computers first, not internet. children growing up in a home without a computer are going to be way behind the curve

They're out there....

Free Computers For Low Income Families - InfoBarrel

Badger906:

What part of FCC did you miss? Last I checked, other than U.S. contributions to British defense and a few elements in the foreign aid budgets, Britain is still an independent country. To put it simply: 1) this will cost U.S. taxpayers virtually nothing; 2) there are many people struggling as a result of a protracted recession; 3) giving children a fair shot at success is in everyone's interest; and 4) I haven't met too many lazy unemployed people and I have hired quite a few over the past decade. Oh, yes the U.S. could also save a lot more money by not propping up the defense (and economies) of some European allies. The vasy majority of unemployed people are not freeloaders - sadly the same cannot be said about quite a few countries around the world. We need to deal with enough right wing, closed minded, alleged conservatives on this side of the Atlantic. So why exactly is an internal political decision here any concern of yours?

Stephen