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Blue_true

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4. The internet would be a one-time allocation, unlike childcare and the others.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 11:38 PM

Aug 2019

So, it seems doable with the income stream she envisions.

Economic patriotism is a decent idea, if she promotes local startups and businesses and don't allow big business to hijack the program.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Warren: Here's how we get broadband Internet to rural America [View all] bluewater Aug 2019 OP

This is long overdue. procon Aug 2019 #1

Dropping expensive wires/fiber into 50 million isolated homes isn't the answer. riverine Aug 2019 #2

Yep madville Aug 2019 #8

Add that to healthcare, childcare, free colleges, etc., that her wealth tax Hoyt Aug 2019 #3

The internet would be a one-time allocation, unlike childcare and the others. Blue_true Aug 2019 #4

Economic Patriotism is what got us trump. She, like Sanders, is for tariffs, reneging on trade Hoyt Aug 2019 #7

We are already spending $1 billion per year on broadband for rural and poor areas. Blue_true Aug 2019 #9

I lost faith with her fundamental misunderstanding of the importance of trade agreements and Hoyt Aug 2019 #12

Maybe I missed something. But I have not heard Senator Warren say that Blue_true Aug 2019 #13

Thanks! n/t theaocp Aug 2019 #14

You don't negotiate that kind of agreement in public. Europe doesn't do it, nor Japan, Hoyt Aug 2019 #15

She did not call for the negotiations to be public. Blue_true Aug 2019 #16

She said the agreement would not become public until 5 years after approval. Wrong and Hoyt Aug 2019 #17

I really hate to ask for links because I see that request misused. Blue_true Aug 2019 #18

Here she is saying people will not be able to read the agreement before approval. Wrong. Hoyt Aug 2019 #19

I will let other people read your link and come to their conclusions. Blue_true Aug 2019 #20

Senator Warren was talking about Fast Track Authority crazytown Aug 2019 #21

If FDR could do the Tennessee Valley Authority/Rural Electrification Project... Hekate Aug 2019 #5

Exactly and would be driving on rutted dirt roads. Blue_true Aug 2019 #10

Yes, they are our countrypeople Hekate Aug 2019 #11

kick BeckyDem Aug 2019 #6