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.
Here’s what you get with your free cell phone
A free governmentl phone isn’t a cheap wireless phone or a discounted model. These are recent model, fully featured cell phones, backed by prominent mobile phone companies. You won’t get an iPhone, Android or Blackberry, but you’ll get a basic, modern phone.
In addition to the phone, which comes with voice mail, call waiting and caller ID, you will typically get up to 250 minutes of airtime per month. It’s not a lot of airtime, but anyone complaining should remember that service is made available to you for free, and is indirectly paid for by other Americans. In addition, most companies offer the ability to send and receive text messages.
That's great. That puts you right up there with Marie Antoinette.
Just messing with you. I'm glad you recognize your individual responsibility and have taken some actions. Now if you would just recognize that you also have a responsibility as a voter to fulfill governmental responsibilities.
"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:"
I don't think you followed the conversation very well. Let me help you.