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Originally Posted by Neilk
Let's not make it any harder for low income kids to get an education. At least this benefit is to be used for a single purpose, to pay for broadband, and can't be abused or traded for non-essentials.
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I agree. This is one of those cases of providing government assistance that makes sense to me. I can argue both sides but the chance that this may actually help is a tangible to me.
How it is managed, how it sundowns is of course anther matter.
I pay $99 a month for 4G unlimited broadband on the farm and an additional $45 a month for satellite internet as a back up. Connectivity is essential in my life so I pay for an option should the primary go sneakers up.
My daughter gifts us Roku every year and I have the most basic DirecTV package there is at $45 per month.
With taxes, that is over $2400 a year for being connected, not an insignificant amount of money.