Doug

If I pull up the one with Jon Stewart, he did a... That's somewhere around here. Oh, okay. Elon posted it for some reason. So he talks to Jon Stewart. We don't need the audio here because it's a long clip. You might have heard about the Build Back Better program from Joe Biden. Yeah, let's spend like a trillion dollars on infrastructure and supporting the city. And this sounds great, right?

And the Republicans were saying, no, we shouldn't spend more money. We're way the fucking debt. And Democrats are saying, no, this is critically important to helping reduce inequality and helping rebuild the middle class. We should build stuff. We should build infrastructure. This sounds great, right? Who would be against that?

And the Republicans were saying, no, we shouldn't spend more money. We're way the fucking debt. And Democrats are saying, no, this is critically important to helping reduce inequality and helping rebuild the middle class. We should build stuff. We should build infrastructure. This sounds great, right? Who would be against that?

And the Republicans were saying, no, we shouldn't spend more money. We're way the fucking debt. And Democrats are saying, no, this is critically important to helping reduce inequality and helping rebuild the middle class. We should build stuff. We should build infrastructure. This sounds great, right? Who would be against that?

I mean, you know, unless you don't think government should be spending money, but like obviously building a lot of stuff. That sounds great. One of the things that they started four years ago was rural broadband. And the idea is that the government is going to fund all of this rural internet to be sent out and expanded to rural areas around the United States who don't have it.

I mean, you know, unless you don't think government should be spending money, but like obviously building a lot of stuff. That sounds great. One of the things that they started four years ago was rural broadband. And the idea is that the government is going to fund all of this rural internet to be sent out and expanded to rural areas around the United States who don't have it.

I mean, you know, unless you don't think government should be spending money, but like obviously building a lot of stuff. That sounds great. One of the things that they started four years ago was rural broadband. And the idea is that the government is going to fund all of this rural internet to be sent out and expanded to rural areas around the United States who don't have it.

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.

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.

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.