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I distinctly remember that “Level Playing Field” blather from Obama.

All the blacks & Liberals heard:

I get a new car!
I get free gas!
I get a better place to live on Section 8
I get free groceries!

I heard:
Obama WILL NOT raise the level of those on the bottom portion.
Obama will tear down those at the top portion.

I was right.

Altho-—Obama did give out millions of Obamaphones——which need to be reviewed. I know people who have them who should NOT qualify as such.

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Obama did give out millions of Obamaphones——which need to be reviewed. I know people who have them who should NOT qualify as such.

This is, indeed, a program that needs to be revaluated and possibly cut way back or even ended.

I am in intake interviewer at a local non-profit food bank. I talk with folks all the time who have 'obamaphones.' There is supposed to be a limit of one phone per family.

Last week I interviewed a single mother (most are) and her three teenager kids. When I asked about the phone bill amount (it had been left blank on the info sheet) one of the kids volunteered that each of them had a phone. That's four phones (which you and I are paying for*) when there should have been only one (which you and I are paying for*). This abuse must be stopped.

The rest of the story: the mother also has three other younger kids who were on the info sheet but not present. I asked about them and the mother said a neighbor was babysitting the youngsters. I asked if they had phones also. The Mom said, "No, they're too young to use a phone. But when they get a little older..."

* From this source:

Taxpayers do pay for coverage but not via federal income taxes. Instead, the Act "mandated the creation of the universal service fund (USF) into which all telecommunications providers are required to contribute a percentage of their interstate and international end-user telecommunications revenues." So that little fee on your phone bill labeled USF? That's what you're paying for.