Growing Lifeline Program Is Costing American Consumers and Taxpayers (Free Cell Phones)

http://www.masscops.com/threads/growing-lifeline-program-is-costing-american-consumers-and-taxpayers.107516/ ^

[SoFloFreeper]

Assurance Wireless is the name of the program in Florida...they advertise for people on welfare on the local tv news shows....makes me want to throw up. I pay more than $100 a month for cell phone service....and now my taxes are paying for welfare recipients to get it,.too.

[SoFloFreeper]

Assurance Wireless is the name of the program in Florida...they advertise for people on welfare on the local tv news shows....makes me want to throw up. I pay more than $100 a month for cell phone service....and now my taxes are paying for welfare recipients to get it,.too.

[MrB]

I’m not sure how many people know this, but...

if you pick up any cell phone that doesn’t have any service whatsoever, and dial 911, it will go through.

I’m with you - 250 “free” minutes is simply another reparations scam.

[kcvl]

The FCC raised the tax on all phone service to 17% in order to fund this outrage.