rodrod5
join:2001-02-28
Houston, TX
| Why the USDA
why the USDA has become the catch all for all things "rural" is beyond me
P.S. I wish someone would take a look at that thing called food stamps 
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | I Can't Believe It
What? The executive branch funneling money away from people who need it, into the coffers of the wealthy? Unthinkable! |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to rodrod5
Re: Why the USDA
Technically food stamps don't exist any more. they use a credit card looking thing. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Time4aNAP
Re: I Can't Believe It
in Texas, no less |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| reply to rodrod5
Re: Why the USDA
said by rodrod5  :why the USDA has become the catch all for all things "rural" is beyond me Think about who dwells out in the middle of nowhere. There are farmers. There are wealthy Hollywood types who own palatial rural getaways. And there's the occasional hermit.
The hermits don't want the utilities, and the wealthy don't deserve the subsidies. Who does that leave? |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | The tens of millions of other regular lower or middle-class Americans who live in rural communities? |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
 ·Comcast
| reply to en102
Re: I Can't Believe It
said by en102 :in Texas, no less YEA! I bet this was Bush's doing too! |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
 ·Sprint Broadband D..
| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Why the USDA
said by Karl Bode :The tens of millions of other regular lower or middle-class Americans who live in rural communities? Much too easy an answer and idealogically impure, citizen. Please adjust your quotation to better reflect the pure thought of Chairman Rand. |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
·Sprint Broadband D..
| reply to Rob
Re: I Can't Believe It
said by Rob :said by en102 :in Texas, no less YEA! I bet this was Bush's doing too! Nah, the only broadband he likely knows about is something like the The Lennon Sisters. On the other hand, some of his political appointees should be fair game in this. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Time4aNAP
Re: Why the USDA
My friend is neither a farmer, a hermit or a hollywood type. Quit posting ignorant things. |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
Premium
join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA | reply to Time4aNAP
Re: I Can't Believe It
What? Congress levies billions in new taxes and then wastes the money? Unthinkable! |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | Ok I think I got it
These people use our tax dollars to help the rural middle to lowclass people to get broadband but instead they funnel the money to the rich rural people instead |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Time4aNAP
Re: Why the USDA
don't forget miners and lumberjacks.
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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jslik
That just happened
Premium
join:2006-03-17
clubs: | Couldn't understand...
...why some communities were eligible, as this article shows. I know of nearby 'rural' communities that are eligible, even though they are close enough to a metropolitan area to have something like 3-5 broadband providers. Go figure! |
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marigolds
Gainfully employed, finally
Premium,MVM
join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO | It is not just broadband
The exact same thing happened with the rural health clinics programs. The clinics ended up in suburbs.
The definitions on which these programs are based need to change. |
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Nuts
join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH | reply to Time4aNAP
Re: Why the USDA
I live in what you term 'the middle of nowhere'. And I DO NOT fit any of your ignorant sterotypes listed above. If fact, none of my neighbors fit your sterotyping. |
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MrMaster
What If
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Austin, TX
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| my parents still on dial-up
Yes, my parents are still on dial-up. Only option is satellite.
I would love to see rural america get broadband. It really sucks for them right now.
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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. -Marie Curie |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | reply to ColorBASIC
Re: I Can't Believe It
No, it's "Inconceivable!" |
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LostInWoods
join:2004-04-14
| reply to Time4aNAP
Re: Why the USDA
OK, troll, here's a brief and incomplete list:
Farmers
Bankers who loan the farmers money
Teachers who teach the Bankers kids
Dentists who fix the Teacher's teeth
Grocers who sell the Dentists food
Accountants who do the Grocers taxes
Etc, etc...
About the only thing missing (or less prevalent) in rural areas are smarmy asses who look down on people who don't live in their neighborhood... |
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dynodb
Premium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
|  What do you people expect?!?
Gee, the Federal government let politics dictate where the money would go instead of actual need? Unthinkable! That's never happened before...
...what's that you say? The USF? Well, yeah, there's that... AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER SUCH PROGRAM THEY TOUCH.
But hey, never mind that! We need a National Broadband Policy administered by the Federal Government! This time it'll be different! Really! Our problems will be solved!
/sarc
It never ceases to amaze me how people witness time and again the Federal government act in a wasteful, politically-driven manner on matters that would be better handled locally, yet they insist on yet MORE, not less Federal government intervention on everything from broadband service to what gets played on the radio. |
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