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Re:FCC cancels Starlink’s and LTD's rural development grants by themitigating on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:12PM (#32418535)
Based on voting patterns most people in rural areas don't like government spending and handouts
Re:FCC cancels Starlink’s and LTD's rural development grants by Broken_Hippo on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:58AM (#32423191)
You can't get that from voting patterns: Resistance to government spending and handouts depend on where you are putting the money.

I haven't actually met a farmer that is opposed to farm subsidies, for example.

And I think there is a hint of ignorance when it does benefit them: The local ISP finally giving a rural location higher-speed internet probably did so because they received government money or have brushed up against government regulations that require them to upgrade in the countryside as well as urban areas - yet the government spending goes unnoticed.

I'll add that the US is a 2 party system in practice, so the reasons for voting conservative vary greatly and you can't really take voting a certain way as "against handouts" when it is easily other issues that prompts the vote.

Re:FCC cancels Starlink’s and LTD's rural development grants by edmcnulty101 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:53PM (#32421392)
No they think taxes are too high and the federal government is bloated and filled with lobbyist backed policies and corruption.

Important distinction.