Lifeline Program Could Help Curb Unemployment Rate, Georgetown Fellow Says
Many Americans, especially African-Americans and Hispanics, are still struggling to find jobs, but broadband offers some hope, said Ralph Everett, senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Business and Public Policy, in a white paper. Everett said the USF Lifeline…
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program can help. “The FCC’s Lifeline program, if updated to cover broadband, can help ensure that young students and other lower income Americans can fully participate in the 21st century economy,” he said. But changes are needed. Lifeline “needs to be revised so that consumers are empowered to decide for themselves what communications services best meet their needs, and are provided the financial assistance to take advantage of this right to choose,” he wrote. “In addition, and this is critical to success, the program must be reformed to wring out waste, fraud, and abuse in order to maximize the dollars available to those who qualify for assistance.”