Well, he has to pay off the college crowd for voting for him somehow. They certainly aren’t being rewarded with jobs.

The College Fix reports.

Obama’s Latest Giveaway – Free Highspeed Internet For All Students

Did you know highspeed internet access is a civil right?

Students deserve it.

In reality, here’s President Barack Obama’s latest way to shmooze young people and teachers unions at the expense of taxpayers: Fast internet for all…

Here’s the backstory, as reported by College Fix contributor Julianne Stanford recently:

Obama revisited another plan from his 2013 State of the Union address, once again asking Congress for their aid in making high-speed Internet available to 99 percent of the nation’s students.

The president’s plan, known as ConnectEd, seeks to “foster a robust ecosystem for digital learning” and “make our schools an integral part of the broadband and technology transformation.”

“Tonight, I can announce that with the support of the FCC and companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sprint and Verizon, we’ve got a down payment to start connecting more than 15,000 schools and 20 million students over the next two years, without adding a dime to the deficit,” the president said.

Oh, really?

According to tax reporter Kelly Phillips Erb of Forbes, the program is slated to cost between $4 billion and $6 billion.

“But the administration has a plan to pay for it: raise fees on cell phone users,” Phillips Erb reported. “[It] could result in as much as $12 in increased fees for cell phone customers over three years.”

The Federal Communications Commission would determine the increase in tax, bypassing Congress.

… (FCC) chairman Thomas Wheeler issued a statement in support of ConnectED following the address, stating:“The Federal Communications Commission shares the president’s commitment to seizing the opportunities of digital learning, which is why we’ve already launched an effort to modernize our successful E-Rate program – the nation’s largest education technology program.”