I remember the Clinton’s always talking about the “digital divide.” What is these people’s obsession with equality? Guess what, having computers will make zero measurable difference in the lives of recipients. They’d probably be better off mot affording any technology more advanced than a printing press book.
Instead of being a “victim” after going through Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, I worked as a supervisor at a Texas Workforce Center (I had 15 years of previous experience at Iowa Workforce Development) and we were passing out nice laptops, loaded with software along with free ISP service. That was in 2006. I had to authorize any and all “give-aways” while I worked there. Between gas cards, Wal-Mart & Target gift cards, bus passes, laptops, free child-care and unemployment, I probably handed-out a million dollars in my six months there. The majority went to the New Orleans “victims” of Katrina.