If these grants are such a good idea, why don't states just do them? Why do they need federal funding? Sure, these are great for local communities when you tak

If these grants are such a good idea, why don't states just do them? Why do they need federal funding? Sure, these are great for local communities when you take money from California and pass it to states with no income taxes. If remote work is really going to take off, why would rural America be the beneficiary, rather than, say, Mexico, which has a fair amount of English speakers in the same time zone, universities, etc, and lower costs than rural America?