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Ezra Klein and Jon Stewart over-simplify and caricature the restrictions on this $42.5 billion broadband grant program to falsely paint the whole thing as an irredeemable waste. But they fail to mention a lot of important stuff because they didn't actually understand what they were talking about...

mediaite.com‘Oh My F**king God!’ Jon Stewart Left ‘Speechless’ As Ezra Klein Breaks Down Biden Era Red TapeJon Stewart was thrown into a state of shock as he listened to Ezra Klein break down the red tape involved in Biden's Build Back Better Act.

Doug Cooper

@bagofcoop.bsky.social

31 Mar 2025

Don’t you think part of the problem though is that they try to plan everything out perfectly instead of just doing something and committing to fixing those mistakes? Like no matter what you do you always run into unforeseen issues on a project.

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

No because ARPA drove $25 billion in broadband subsidies and was launched the same year, they just ignore the example because it doesn't support his book thesis that Democrats are in love with bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake

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