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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Wants Every American To Have Broadband Cable By 2020: Report [View all]redixdoragon
(156 posts)44. Priorities
It's true that the interenet is a thing that modern people do need to help remain mobile in modern society, but there's a heirarchy of needs here.
Food, shelter, health care.
But instead of those things, we'll all have internet by 2020, so, we can get online and complain about being hungry, sick, homeless.
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Hillary Clinton Wants Every American To Have Broadband Cable By 2020: Report [View all]
brooklynite
Jun 2016
OP
It's interesting how now some smaller towns have much better/faster/cheaper broadband
obamanut2012
Jun 2016
#51
That's nice. Maybe, by 2020, we could also arrange for every American to have food.
Vinca
Jun 2016
#5
Funny, you never said that in threads about BS's plan for free tuition. Innnnteresting...
Squinch
Jun 2016
#10
Same bucket here, even though a nice fat pipe runs right in front of my house.
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2016
#22
This is how Internet speed and price in the U.S. compares to the rest of the world
Human101948
Jun 2016
#11
I sincerely hope they can make this a priority. Native American areas have been particularly
synergie
Jun 2016
#14
Comcast/TWC and Verizon are NOT going to give up their guns without a bloody fight.
pangaia
Jun 2016
#32