In the News No good for taxpayers – Biden administration likely to tout more taxpayer-funded broadband
Jeffrey Westling, a fellow in innovation and technology policy at R Street Institute, told TPA that government can help usher in infrastructure growth in other ways, such as loosening regulations and offering incentives to private providers to aid expansion to high-cost areas such as rural America. That’s a better plan than promoting municipal broadband, he said.
“There’s a better way of doing this that doesn’t put taxpayers at risk,” Westling said.