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Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants

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Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants

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Technology · 2 months ago

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Back in June I wrote a feature for The Verge about how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos had convinced Republicans to redirect billions in taxpayer money away from future-proof fiber optic upgrades, and tow…

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He did sell them (not Texas specifically) Hyperloop as well which is even worse technology set to fail from the start.

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