Biden’s Latest Fiasco: Sweeping Internet Plan Spends $42 Billion With No New Hook-Ups
By Brad Slager | 11:54 AM on June 20, 2024The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
In yet another case of President Biden making stratospheric promises and delivering results that end up in a drainage ditch, we look into the once highly-touted BEAD program, his Broadband Equity Access Deployment initiative which would bring high-speed internet access to all of the far-flung parts of the nation.
Deriving from his monstrous trillion-dollar infrastructure spending spree signed into law in 2021, BEAD was set up to bring the wonders of the web to rural Americans otherwise struggling without access to TikTok and Temu. Now we are two and a half years out from that proposal, so where do things stand?
Basically, it is on its knees.
As an indicator of the typical governmental inertia, it was not until last summer before the plans for this project were even released, 18 months after passage. It was just a few weeks ago that the news came out that after billions of dollars were outlaid years ago for the government to begin installing charging stations across the map - with 500,000 promised by 20230 - to date only a handful have been installed.
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/06/20/bidens-latest-fiasco-sweeping-internet-plan-should-be-swept-in-the-trash-after-42b-and-no-hook-ups-n2175713
