If there is a cheaper option out there, then by all means the government should be looking at it.
But I get the impression that you would deny the poor even a one-time subsidy of $9.95. Nice. /s
We aren’t paying for phone booths anymore, just the modern version. The phone booths that were once so common seldom paid for themselves. They were funded largely by our personal phone bills.
That really makes me sick! You are either stupid or intentionally trying to mislead people here. Since it is fairly obvious that you were too lazy to actually read the link that you provided to FactCheck.org. I will quote a couple relevant parts for you:
“a monthly subsidy of $9.25 for each low-income customer”
“Lifeline’s costs doubled in five years to $1.75 billion in 2011”
“tens of millions of dollars have been lost to fraud”
“9 percent of Lifeline users in 17 states and territories were ineligible for the program”
“400,000 instances of one person — or one household — having more than one subsidized connection”
“phones were sold for cash on Craigslist”
And this is all from factcheck.org which is “a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center”. Everyone knows that it is just a coincidence Obama, and Bill Ayers served on Annenberg boards together.
DannyTN there are cheap affordable cell phone options available to “poor” people. This is simply another example of the government picking winners and losers in what should be the private competitive marketplace.
Since you have sarcastically cast dispersions on me... I compassionately serve “poor” people every day that I go to work. I have been recognized for my service from multiple organizations. My wife and I have taken birthday cake to "poor" people who didn't have relatives in the area after I had them transported. We have even let "poor" people that I met on the job stay in our home while I tried to find them a place to stay. I have fixed cars for "poor" people. My crew and I have bought new car batteries for "poor" people. We see "poor" people where they live and can tell the scam artists from the people really in need, and we use our own resources to help those who we can. Be careful who you lecture me you self-righteous fool.
Why should the government be looking for “cheaper options”? Why should the government be involved with this as all? There is no question that there are “cheaper options”. Obama is not paying for this program; the taxpayers are paying for it. I personally am sick of it. I am perfectly willing to use my money and time to help someone in need, but it is not the role of the government to be providing “poor” people with cell phones.
I clicked on your name and read your other posts. We are approaching a critical election and you are spending your time here cutting down Romney? I think a lot of what you write is disingenuous. It is actually downright scary that you are here trying to undercut our side. Go back to the DemocraticUnderground.com where you belong.