Hacker News with Generative AI: Government Programs

Broadband Program Killed by Trumplicans Saved Taxpayers More Money Than It Cost (techdirt.com)
Last year Trumplicans killed a popular program that provided poor people with $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was unsurprisingly very popular, with more than 23 million Americans benefitting at its peak.
Politics, Government Programs, Internet Access, Economics
19 points by doener 26 days ago | 1 comments
Search PPP Loans by Zip Code (ppploanmap.com)
Ever wondered where all that PPP loan money ended up? Now you can see it—mapped out, visualized, and easy to explore.
Government Programs, Data Visualization, Business, Finance, COVID-19
127 points by zarie 54 days ago | 73 comments
Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty (theguardian.com)
Researchers are conducting the UK’s first major scientific trials to establish whether giving homeless people cash is a more effective way of reducing poverty than traditional forms of help.
Homelessness, Poverty, Social Experiments, UK, Government Programs
22 points by helsinkiandrew 129 days ago | 80 comments
'That's a bloodbath': How a federal program kills wildlife for private interests (npr.org)
A federal program kills hundreds of thousands of wild animals a year. Documents obtained by NPR show that many of those animals were killed in places where no damage to livestock was reported.
Wildlife Conservation, Government Programs, Environmental Issues, Animal Welfare
21 points by thunderbong 173 days ago | 5 comments
SLS is still a national disgrace (wordpress.com)
Four years ago, I wrote that the SLS was a cripplingly embarrassing national failure and a tragedy waiting to happen.
Space Exploration, Criticism, Government Programs
14 points by keithly 182 days ago | 6 comments
Thailand to roll out a $13.8B handout plan in digital money to citizens (yahoo.com)
Thailand, Digital Currency, Economics, Government Programs, Financial Aid
13 points by theogravity 260 days ago | 2 comments