Ezra Klein

Because they did the same thing. Look, you go to the rural broadband effort, right? 2021, they pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill, say it's the biggest infrastructure bill in decades, which is not wrong.

Because they did the same thing. Look, you go to the rural broadband effort, right? 2021, they pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill, say it's the biggest infrastructure bill in decades, which is not wrong.

Yeah. And one of the big headline pieces of it is $42 billion for rural broadband. Yep. 2021, that passes. by the end of 2024, functionally nobody's hooked up to rural broadband. And me and Derek look into it and there is a 14 stage process. I mean, I'm sure California was going through it.

Yeah. And one of the big headline pieces of it is $42 billion for rural broadband. Yep. 2021, that passes. by the end of 2024, functionally nobody's hooked up to rural broadband. And me and Derek look into it and there is a 14 stage process. I mean, I'm sure California was going through it.

Yeah. And one of the big headline pieces of it is $42 billion for rural broadband. Yep. 2021, that passes. by the end of 2024, functionally nobody's hooked up to rural broadband. And me and Derek look into it and there is a 14 stage process. I mean, I'm sure California was going through it.

A 14 stage process of they're creating a map and then the map can be challenged and there's these letters of intent and so on and so forth. And by the end of their administration of the 56 states and jurisdictions that were trying to apply for the money, three had made it through.

A 14 stage process of they're creating a map and then the map can be challenged and there's these letters of intent and so on and so forth. And by the end of their administration of the 56 states and jurisdictions that were trying to apply for the money, three had made it through.

A 14 stage process of they're creating a map and then the map can be challenged and there's these letters of intent and so on and so forth. And by the end of their administration of the 56 states and jurisdictions that were trying to apply for the money, three had made it through.

Which putting aside the fact that that meant all these people didn't get broadband, it also meant that they couldn't run on that. Right, so much of the political theory of the Biden administration was that if you can show liberal democracy can deliver, you will pull people out of wanting these strong men who say they're gonna burn the whole thing down and give you something out of the ashes.

Which putting aside the fact that that meant all these people didn't get broadband, it also meant that they couldn't run on that. Right, so much of the political theory of the Biden administration was that if you can show liberal democracy can deliver, you will pull people out of wanting these strong men who say they're gonna burn the whole thing down and give you something out of the ashes.

Which putting aside the fact that that meant all these people didn't get broadband, it also meant that they couldn't run on that. Right, so much of the political theory of the Biden administration was that if you can show liberal democracy can deliver, you will pull people out of wanting these strong men who say they're gonna burn the whole thing down and give you something out of the ashes.

And if you can't really, if the things don't move fast enough, if they don't get to the people fast enough, it's much harder for liberal democracy to make the case that it delivers. I want it to deliver. I like these policies. But the speed thing is a real problem.

And if you can't really, if the things don't move fast enough, if they don't get to the people fast enough, it's much harder for liberal democracy to make the case that it delivers. I want it to deliver. I like these policies. But the speed thing is a real problem.

And if you can't really, if the things don't move fast enough, if they don't get to the people fast enough, it's much harder for liberal democracy to make the case that it delivers. I want it to deliver. I like these policies. But the speed thing is a real problem.

And I'll say one more thing, because I was talking, I did an event the other night with Jon Favreau, and we were talking about high-speed rail, but I was saying that the stimulus bill under Obama That had three big headline projects for reinvestment. It had high-speed rail, it had smart grid, and it had a nationwide system of interoperable health records. I remember those days. Yeah, 0 for 3.

And I'll say one more thing, because I was talking, I did an event the other night with Jon Favreau, and we were talking about high-speed rail, but I was saying that the stimulus bill under Obama That had three big headline projects for reinvestment. It had high-speed rail, it had smart grid, and it had a nationwide system of interoperable health records. I remember those days. Yeah, 0 for 3.

And I'll say one more thing, because I was talking, I did an event the other night with Jon Favreau, and we were talking about high-speed rail, but I was saying that the stimulus bill under Obama That had three big headline projects for reinvestment. It had high-speed rail, it had smart grid, and it had a nationwide system of interoperable health records. I remember those days. Yeah, 0 for 3.

Yeah. At some point, we got to be upset about this, you know?

Yeah. At some point, we got to be upset about this, you know?

Yeah. At some point, we got to be upset about this, you know?