FCC voted to subsidize rural broadband through the Connect America Fund

[SparkyJJO]

When I buy gas, I have no say so where those tax dollars go. Do the tax dollars go to the state, to the feds, back to the state?

I see basic infrastructure as a necessity - bridges, roads, fiber optic backbones,,, because those things are needed to compete in the world market.

Enter the 21st century, times change, needs change, technology changes.

As for ELRs, my wife works for a doctors office, if it was not for cable mode, they would not have high speed.

There is a federal tax on gas (supposedly for interstate highways, which the fed does help fund) and also state taxes on gas as well. Might be smaller local taxes on fuel in some cases, I'm not sure on that one. Counties may just get a portion of the state tax on fuel.