Posted on 10/08/2012 10:09:26 AM PDT by arichtaxpayer
A wireless company profiting from the so-called “Obama phone” giveaway program is run by a prominent Democratic donor whose wife has raised more than $1.5 million for the president since 2007.
Last week a video of a President Barack Obama supporter in Ohio claiming to have received a free phone from the president—“[Obama] gave us a phone!”—went viral, prompting media outlets to investigate.
Since 1985 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has operated a program called Lifeline, originally designed to provide free landline phone service for low-income individuals. The government subsidizes telecommunications firms providing the service, and those firms also pass on costs to customers via the “Universal Service Charge” on their phone bills.
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HELP NEEDED
Well there goes my TracFone but I need help finding an alternative. Don’t use a cell much, definitely don’t text or tweet.
well, my landline phone bill is $7.00 bigger than it was last year. 40% of the bill is surcharges and taxes.
I don't understand your logic here, kindly explain?
My husband has a cell phone plan that costs us $50 bucks
a month. 2 cells phones flip type nothing fancy. I used
9 minutes last month. I just have no reason to have that
thing glued to my ear or thumbs like most of the people
I see under 40 these days. What is so important that they
have to be on phone or tweet 90% of waking hours?
I agree with you, but having one for emergency purposes is a good idea in my book.
Ever heard of MagicJack? I pay $21.90 a year and that included local and long distance calls
yo benita! why you be finnit to ax me dat? yo mama gib me a fo!
The modern purpose of taxes is to milk the taxpayer to pay for your election.
Slim made his money the old-fashioned way in the 3rd world - government imposed monopoly. This is the problem with wealthy 3rd worlders. They’re not self-made in an American way.
I’m one of the many senior citizens who carry a cell phone only for emergencies. I don’t stand in the cereal aisle at the supermarket and shout questions into a phone to my wife at home, such as “Do we like the honey-nut Cheerios or the plain?”
Since I use only 5 or 10 minutes a month, an expensive monthly plan makes no sense for me. I was happy to find Tracfone, which fit my needs perfectly.
However, now I have learned that I’ve been giving aid and comfort to the enemy. If I were Japanese, I’d be reading “Hari-Kari for Dummies” in order to learn the most painful method to disembowel myself. But, since I’m of the Caucasian persuasion, I will merely dump the Tracfone (when my minutes run out—I’ve already paid for them) and seek a reasonable alternative. Maybe I can tie a long string between two cans, in case I have a serious question for my wife while purchasing Corn Flakes.
I have net 10 but I found out that is a subsidiary of Tracphone. Hmmm looking into maybe AT&T $50 a month?
That would mean that my 2 calls a month ("Sorry, I'll be a few minutes late--I'm stuck in traffic," and "Our plane just landed--meet us at baggage claim.") would cost 25 bucks apiece.
Thanks for your post. Let me know if you find a suitable phone.
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