{"id":12601,"date":"2017-03-03T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=12601"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:09:41","slug":"fcc-seeks-comment-on-whether-it-should-continue-halting-internet-subsidies-for-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/fcc-seeks-comment-on-whether-it-should-continue-halting-internet-subsidies-for-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC seeks comment on whether it should continue halting internet subsidies for the poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn0.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/1FuN_nqvNlV59jJgW-Zlaz9gUjA=\/0x0:1020x574\/1600x900\/cdn0.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/53517137\/fcc_nn_0579.0.0.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Ummm&#8230;No, the FCC should NOT halt subsidized Internet for the poor. Internet is for all. Schools are trying to use the resources on the web to teach children, especially in poorly funded schools where resources for learning are limited. If the poor have children, those kids need Internet if they&#8217;re to have a chance to thrive\/survive in this world. We all need Internet, if only to keep tabs on the asshole politicians who would like to keep us all In the dark. If you agree, tell the #FCC what you think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mjljzr\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mjljzr<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ummm&#8230;No, the FCC should NOT halt subsidized Internet for the poor. Internet is for all. Schools are trying to use the resources on the web to teach children, especially in poorly funded schools where resources for learning are limited. If the poor have children, those kids need Internet if they&#8217;re to have a chance to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-12601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14560,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/fcc-enables-faster-media-consolidation-as-pro-trump-sinclair-group-seizes-even-more-local-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":12601,"position":0},"title":"FCC Enables Faster Media Consolidation as Pro-Trump Sinclair Group Seizes Even More Local Stations","date":"October 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is really ugly, bad, news for anyone who values a propaganda-free media...if that even exists.http:\/\/bit.ly\/2gFXYUB","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12939,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/the-265-members-of-congress-who-sold-you-out-to-isps-and-how-much-it-cost-to-buy-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":12601,"position":1},"title":"The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Wanna know which members of Congress took the most bribes to sell out your privacy? 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