Doug

And this is a way to help people in rural areas help get away from that massive income gap. You give them these resources. So great idea. Sounds great. It has been four years since Uh, no rural broadband has been built. Absolutely. None. There have been, uh, there's surely like a 14 step review process.

Yeah. Yeah. Not only, I mean, it's one thing to be like, Oh, I don't even have rural broadband right now. If you don't in your city, that's great. And that's frustrating. Well, it's not great. It's frustrating in its size. Right.

Yeah. Yeah. Not only, I mean, it's one thing to be like, Oh, I don't even have rural broadband right now. If you don't in your city, that's great. And that's frustrating. Well, it's not great. It's frustrating in its size. Right.

Yeah. Yeah. Not only, I mean, it's one thing to be like, Oh, I don't even have rural broadband right now. If you don't in your city, that's great. And that's frustrating. Well, it's not great. It's frustrating in its size. Right.

Um, but this is the government proudly saying we've allocated a trillion dollars with like, I forget exact number 45 billion, I believe for rural broadband specifically, that is an astronomical amount of money that could build thousands of homes in China that could do so much. And after four years, nothing has been built at all.

Um, but this is the government proudly saying we've allocated a trillion dollars with like, I forget exact number 45 billion, I believe for rural broadband specifically, that is an astronomical amount of money that could build thousands of homes in China that could do so much. And after four years, nothing has been built at all.

Um, but this is the government proudly saying we've allocated a trillion dollars with like, I forget exact number 45 billion, I believe for rural broadband specifically, that is an astronomical amount of money that could build thousands of homes in China that could do so much. And after four years, nothing has been built at all.

And in this clip, which is from the weekly show with Jon Stewart podcast, if you are interested in hearing more, Jon Stewart is absolutely like taken aback as Ezra describes the 14 steps that cities or states had to go through in order to try to bid to get the money from the government to do all this stuff. Because it's not just, hey, we want to do this thing and the government says yes. No.

And in this clip, which is from the weekly show with Jon Stewart podcast, if you are interested in hearing more, Jon Stewart is absolutely like taken aback as Ezra describes the 14 steps that cities or states had to go through in order to try to bid to get the money from the government to do all this stuff. Because it's not just, hey, we want to do this thing and the government says yes. No.

And in this clip, which is from the weekly show with Jon Stewart podcast, if you are interested in hearing more, Jon Stewart is absolutely like taken aback as Ezra describes the 14 steps that cities or states had to go through in order to try to bid to get the money from the government to do all this stuff. Because it's not just, hey, we want to do this thing and the government says yes. No.

There's a process where you have to give potential evaluations and environmental reviews and then challenges where anybody who might be affected by this in any way, shape, or form can challenge it. And then you have to do this at a national level and then a state level. And there's all these steps that are... incredibly cumbersome.

There's a process where you have to give potential evaluations and environmental reviews and then challenges where anybody who might be affected by this in any way, shape, or form can challenge it. And then you have to do this at a national level and then a state level. And there's all these steps that are... incredibly cumbersome.

There's a process where you have to give potential evaluations and environmental reviews and then challenges where anybody who might be affected by this in any way, shape, or form can challenge it. And then you have to do this at a national level and then a state level. And there's all these steps that are... incredibly cumbersome.

And each one of them, as is repeatedly said in the book, very well-intentioned, right? Of course it's great. Like we want people, you know, we want minorities to not be adversely affected by building in these areas. But when you add step after step, after step, after step, this goes on for years, nothing has been built. That's one example, high-speed rail in California.

And each one of them, as is repeatedly said in the book, very well-intentioned, right? Of course it's great. Like we want people, you know, we want minorities to not be adversely affected by building in these areas. But when you add step after step, after step, after step, this goes on for years, nothing has been built. That's one example, high-speed rail in California.

And each one of them, as is repeatedly said in the book, very well-intentioned, right? Of course it's great. Like we want people, you know, we want minorities to not be adversely affected by building in these areas. But when you add step after step, after step, after step, this goes on for years, nothing has been built. That's one example, high-speed rail in California.

They have built zero miles of functioning track in California. So just to be clear, this has been going on for over a decade. There's been billions of dollars spent in California. We have built zero lines of functioning track. Zero. It just can't be done.

They have built zero miles of functioning track in California. So just to be clear, this has been going on for over a decade. There's been billions of dollars spent in California. We have built zero lines of functioning track. Zero. It just can't be done.

They have built zero miles of functioning track in California. So just to be clear, this has been going on for over a decade. There's been billions of dollars spent in California. We have built zero lines of functioning track. Zero. It just can't be done.

By comparison, Florida Brightline has built high speed rail. It is functioning right now because Florida allowed them to build stuff.