NEW: Bernie Sanders' ''High-Speed Internet for All"

[Donkees]

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[evertonfc]

1. ice cream for all

[George II]

3. You beat me to it. I was going to say "chocolate cake for all!"

[crazytown]

7. With cherries on top

- got to be cherries, and raspberries, and ...

[Kahuna7]

4. Cheesecake too! nt

[Act_of_Reparation]

9. Yes, infrastructure is analogous to free treats.

[DownriverDem]

11. Promising

all those freebies will not win votes, because it's unrealistic.

[Wednesdays]

28. What, no ponies? nm

[Dem4Life1102]

32. Don't forget

Unicorns and rainbows for everyone. LOL

[Dennis Donovan]

2. For us in rural areas, this is a huge deal!

Presently, I use fixed wireless broadband running @ 12 mips which, while not blindingly fast, gives me enough to stream TV and web apps. But, it has high latency (90ms or more ping times, which means no online gaming for me w/o issues).

I hope Joe adopts something similar.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Another brilliant idea by Bernie!! Keep 'em comin'!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[BannonsLiver]

14. Access to high speed internet is Bernie's idea?

Are you channeling Al Gore?

[crazytown]

6. Working out a treat for Jeremy Corbyn

(not)

[Otto Lidenbrock]

19. i believe that idea from corbyn was received well when polled

corbyn's failings are to do with his actual leadership. a lot of his ideas would be very popular and electable if there was someone with less evasiveness on issues of antisemitism, brexit and nato as the labour party leader.

[brooklynite]

8. I take it he'll be able to pay for this with the money he won't be getting for MfA...

[Act_of_Reparation]

10. How dare he address our obsolete and wholly inadequate communications infrastructure.

I shall complain of this most vociferously at this evening's cocktail party.

[brooklynite]

12. I'm not arguing against the merits...just against Bernie's ability to achieve them

Quite honestly, I'd give better odds to Warren to work with the Senate to get things done.

[Act_of_Reparation]

16. Look, Bernie Sanders isn't the most capable policy wonk on the hill.

I don't disagree. But he is charismatic, and a lot of his ideas are good ideas even if he isn't able to flesh out the details. We—people who think other candidates are more suited to the job—should be a bit more complementary to these ideas, and a little less eager to shit all over the man every time he opens his mouth.



You talk a lot about a candidate who can win Michigan. Well, let me tell you a little story about Michigan:

I have a colleague up in the UP, a pediatric hematologist/oncologist. He treats kids with hemophilia. He treats kids with cancer. And he's the only such specialist in a three-county radius. His patients drive up to three hours each way to visit his office. For some, it is faster to drive to Green Bay, WI.

So, we had the great idea of starting a telemedical program linking underserved populations with specialists here in the LP. Instead of spending six hours in the car for a routine checkup, our patients could drive to a local community clinic and see one of our docs through our web conferencing system.

It's functional, but it isn't ideal. Patients can still be up to an hour's drive away from these community clinics. In bad weather (September through May), that just isn't going to happen. Also, the internet in the UP is, generally, awful. It's bad in the cities. It's terrible in the villages. It can be non-existent in households.

Fixing our telecom and internet infrastructure isn't "free stuff". In Michigan, it will literally save lives, and there are people in the blood red UP who understand that on a very personal level.

I'm not going to vote for Bernie Sanders in the primary. But this is a good idea. I give no fucks who brought it up.

[brooklynite]

17. Again: nobody's arguing against the idea...

...but the reality is that Bernie has a "my way or the highway" approach to politics, and seems to think that opposition will cave in the face of his "revolution". They didn't show up in 2016 or 2018, and there's no sign that they're showing up now. Add to which, his OTHER high dollar policy proposals make the odds for funding this one that much lower.

[Act_of_Reparation]

22. Yeah, that's really fascinating.

[brooklynite]

23. Political reality always is...

[Act_of_Reparation]

25. Yes, I am very stupid, I know.

Good thing I have a paternalistic socialite on my shoulder keeping my perception of reality thoroughly unclouded. Thanks!

[brooklynite]

26. I have no kids, so I'm not paternalistic, and I wouldn't call myself a socialite...

Just someone with 40 years of real-world political experience.

[Act_of_Reparation]

29. My mistake. As I said, I am very dumb.

[Autumn]

13. I also and the next time they call for a donation I shall refuse to donate to their campaign.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. Yes, the nerve of Bernie!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[myohmy2]

15. excellent...

"...publicly owned broadband networks..."

...a lot of good paying jobs there...

...much of the infrastructure in our country is old and antiquated...

...from bridges to the internet, Bernie will start to remedy this...

...one more reason why Bernie must be our next President...

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. Broadband should be a publicly owned utility, not a private commodity

It's about time the US caught up with the rest of the developed world, which on average has has faster, more stable internet service than America.

[OldRed2450]

21. What else can we throw up against the wall to see if it sticks?

[Uncle Joe]

24. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Donkees.

[Wednesdays]

27. Dems tossed this idea as a trial balloon a few years ago

I, for one, think it's a great idea.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. "And YOU get a car! And YOU get a car! And YOU get a car!"

Maybe Oprah should have run after all.

[lapucelle]

31. This was in the 2016 Democratic platform.

High-speed internet connectivity is not a luxury; it is a necessity for 21st century economic success, social mobility, education, health care, and public safety. Despite considerable progress and private investment in the last eight years to close the digital divide, there is more work to do. Democrats will finish the job of connecting every household in America to high-speed broadband, increase internet adoption, and help hook up anchor institutions so they can offer free WiFi to the public. We will take action to help America widely deploy 5G technology—the next generation wireless service that will not only bring faster internet
connections to underserved areas, but will enable the Internet of Things and a host of transformative technologies.

Democrats support a free and open internet at home and abroad, and will oppose any effort by Republicans to roll back the historic net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission enacted last year.

https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/

It was also part of Hillary Clinton's NYS platform when she ran for Senate in 2000 and a signature accomplishment during her first term.

[StevieM]

34. And yet we will no doubt hear the media refer to it as a good example of the change that HRC refused

to get behind in 2016. Facts, details and events are no longer the way that we assess history. Instead we focus on the joy of bullying people.

[Skidmore]

35. For sure not a new idea.

desmoinesregister.com/story/tech/2015/01/13/branstad-obama-broadband-internet-access/21721085/

Iowa is still laying cable and it is the one decent thing Branstad did on his way out the door.

[dewsgirl]

33. K and R