Jon Stewart not too long ago spoke to liberal New York Occasions columnist Ezra Klein, who defined to him the absurd miles of governmental pink tape concerned in implementing the plan for putting in rural broadband.
Ezra Klein clearly means that Joe Biden and Democrats thought this was a profitable concept as a result of the problem polled very effectively and rural broadband is a factor that’s really wanted on this nation.
The humorous factor concerning the video is watching Jon Stewart lose his thoughts in actual time as Ezra takes him via the bureaucratic steps which can be essential for states to implement the plan.
This can be a lesson within the ineffectiveness of huge authorities.
Partial transcript by way of Eric Abbenante on Twitter/X:
Ezra Klein: “Now we have to difficulty the discover funding alternative inside 180 days that’s the first step.
Step Two: States who wish to take part should submit a letter of intent. After they do this, they’ll submit a request for as much as $5 million in planning grants. Then the NTIA Step 4 has to evaluation and approve an award once more. States who wish to take part should submit that letter of intent.
Step three: “They’ll request as much as $5 million in planning grants. Simply planning, simply planning.
Step 4 : “The requests are reviewed, accredited and awarded by the NTIA.” States should submit a 5 12 months motion plan. All 56 had handed via at the very least step 5, it took greater than 3 years.
[Step 6] Then the FCC, should publish the broadband knowledge maps earlier than NTIA allocates funds. So having performed the no vote. So the letters of intent, the the the request for planning grants, then the evaluation approval and awarding of the planning grants, then the 5 12 months motion plans in between that the federal authorities has to place ahead a map saying the place it thinks we’d like rural broadband subsidies. After which, in fact, the states want a possibility to problem the map for accuracy.
step seven So then the NTIAhas to make use of the FCC maps to make allocation selections. It’s arduous even to speak about this, man.
Step eight is states should submit an preliminary proposal to the NTIA.”Jon Stewart: “However then what was the 5 12 months plan and what the fuck did they apply for?”
Ezra Klein: “Step 9 NTIA should evaluation and approve every state’s once more preliminary proposal. By my learn, we now have had at the very least two preliminary proposals right here, however that’s a unique difficulty.
Step ten. States should publish their very own map and permit inside challenges to their very own map.
That’s not even all of it, there are nonetheless extra steps. Watch this:
Jon Stewart screams ‘OMFG’ and is rendered speechless after listening to all 14 steps to use for ‘Construct Again Higher’ funding:
Ezra Klein: “Now we have to difficulty the discover funding alternative inside 180 days that is the first step.
Step Two: States who wish to take part should submit a letter… pic.twitter.com/n2B3knnNY8— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) March 28, 2025
Is there any surprise why this program failed? Liberals took an extremely common difficulty and buried it in authorities laws and a number of departments. That is why one thing like DOGE is required.
