re: Do you believe low income folks should be given free internet by the gov't?

I'd gladly let a little of my tax money pay for Internet in lower income areas if it meant our school system would start sending kids with major behavior issues out of the door with an eSchool username and password. The district here uses the "well we HAVE to give them access to an education" bullshite line in not kicking out kids who have had multiple rounds in alternative schools and etc. Wifi in those areas would nip that shite in the bud.

And you could probably do some of it without the government paying for it. Our west end area just received wifi capable garbage cans on their street corners from a private corp grant.