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Nah they did that when they increased the price by the amount of the EV credit when Biden renewed them. It has always been about corporate welfare payments just like the half a dozen times Republicans and Democrats have given billions to major ISPs for "rural broadband" which still doesn't exist apparently.
Rural broadband exists. I have a fiber connection it a remote cabin from it. It's actually better than what's at my house in the city, coincidentally.
Is it from a major ISP? From what I've seen in just about every rural area around me, municipalities have had to roll out their own fiber lines at their own expense and still offer internet at a fraction of the price of any of the national companies that received these billions of dollars in handouts from the government.
Yes, it was federal dollars to an ISP and not the municipality. This particular municipality would never do such a thing regardless of incentive.
I mean, that just makes the ripping off more obvious, not less ripoff.
Broadband is a good one... They REALLY should be putting requirements on these handouts/contracts... fail to deliver? Congratulations! You're paying it all back.
Anyone that's ever worked on corporate contracts knows to have milestones and penalties. The fact that broadband subsidies (often) didn't is very telling.
Very telling indeed. Too bad noone is listening...
This seems to be the case every time the government gives out a credit or money directly to any company. From what I understand it's exactly the same with solar panel credits, the companies that manufacturer or install the panels just raise prices for the amount of the credit and consumers are tricked into thinking they're saving money.