These people need our help

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Just saw on the news that people who can't afford high speed Internet, will be given the opportunity to a sign up for a reduced price. This is to help bridge this "digital divide" that keeps us, people who pay for the luxury and the people who can't afford it. I'm about to contact fema, maybe they can help. Also heard farmers market is gonna start accepting food stamp and Texas Govt is working on another bs grant that will help low income people go to college....another bull shit program that I don't qualify for so it is given to some pos who will use it and drop out..
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[krazy kris]

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Fuck! I'm just pissed cause I'm paying for School myself.

[Snatch Napkin]

It's a worthy repost. More people should know that the Gov't is taking more and giving it away to others. Their plan is to make a larger divide of the "Have's and have not's".

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20629

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45224412?gt=43001#.TrrFDHLpclU

Poor homes to get $10 cable broadband next year


NEW YORK — Cable companies said Wednesday that they will offer Internet service for $9.95 per month to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches.

The offer will start next summer and is part of an initiative the Federal Communications Commission cobbled together to get more U.S. homes connected to broadband.

One third, or about 35 million homes, don't have broadband. That affects people's ability to educate themselves and find and apply for jobs, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said.

"The broadband adoption gap in the U.S. is very large, and the costs of digital exclusion are high and getting higher," Genachowski said.

The initiative, called Connect-to-Compete, also includes Microsoft Corp., which pledges to sell PCs with its Office software suite for $250 to low-income families. A firm called Redemtech is offering to sell refurbished computers for $150, including shipping.

(Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)

For those who can't afford those prices, Morgan Stanley is pledging to develop a microfinance lending program for community-based financial institutions.

People are still signing up for broadband, but growth has slowed in recent years. For those who still haven't signed up, cost is a minor factor. Most say they're simply not interested or don't need it, according to a report by the Commerce Department based on Census Bureau data from last year.

To help address the lack of interest and computer skills, Best Buy Co., Microsoft and nonprofits such as America's Promise Alliance and United Way are promising to support the initiative with training.

All major cable companies are standing behind the $9.95 offer, which will be valid for two years. The price doesn't include taxes, but the companies are pledging to charge nothing for installation or modem rental.

The minimum download speed will be 1 megabit per second, less than one tenth of average cable speeds. Brian Dietz, a spokesman for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, said it will be up to the individual cable companies to decide what speeds they provide.

The NCTA estimates that about 5.5 million homes that don't have broadband will be eligible for the offer. According to the Commerce Department study, 78 percent of households with school-age children already have broadband, making them far more likely to be connected than the average household.

The big broadband gap is between younger and older households: Only 45 percent of people older than 64 have broadband. Black and Hispanic households were less likely to have broadband, even when adjusting for income, according to the study.

Comcast Corp., the largest cable company and the country's largest Internet service provider, is already offering broadband to $9.95 to low-income families, with a 1.5 megabit per second download speed. It offered to do that to get regulators to approve its acquisition of NBC Universal approved.

[juiceweezl]

Hmmm, I'm thinking the government should subsidize me. I'd like to learn about cars, specifically forced induction cars as I think there's a market for them. Maybe they'll allow me to purchase everything needed for twin turbos, a new drivetrain, suspension, programming software, and all the goodies for $195. Who's in?

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MotherFucker! I have that shit bundled with my home phone and it cost...fuk man! My tuition is due...why is this happening. They're giving away braces to motherfuckers with medicade and free cell phones to these assholes and just because I make a little more money, a tiny fuckin bit more money than these people, they catch all the breaks.

[black2002ls]

I don't qualify for any support either, according to their guidelines, I make approximately $34 more than the poverty level

edit: not for any type of welfare, for grants to go to school. Most all of my education is/was on student loans

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and another thing...we sent 400,000 illegals back to mexico. how much did that cost? Which state is it in America that is adopting these very strict Jim Crow type laws on imigration and now their economy is going to shit along with the crops that the mexicans used to harvest because the farmers had to fire all their migrant workers? is it Arkansas? Whos idea was it to go over to Iraq or Afghanistan or where ever the troop our now "rebuilding" a place that many of us will never see in our lives. How about we go to mexico and force a "rebuild" on those assholes so that they can have a less corrupt govt. and pay decent wages so the "illegals" dont have to come to America....or something