SafeLink Wrote:
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> Libtards are Fucking Stupid Wrote:
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> > So dumb Wrote:
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> > > Libtards are Fucking Stupid Wrote:
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> > > > GWB Wrote:
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> > > > > Those free phones were started by
> > Republican
> > > > > sell-out G W Bush. Good to see
> > billionaires
> > > > doing
> > > > > what's right.
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http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/the-obama-phone/
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> > > >
> > > > Wrong. Your own link says that it started
> > long
> > > > before Bush dummy.
> > > >
> > > > The difference is that the abuse only
> started
> > > once
> > > > mobile phones became ubiquitous which was
> > under
> > > > Obama. To his credit, they did recognize
> > that
> > > and
> > > > attempt to tighten things up some but not
> > > nearly
> > > > as much as it needs to be.
> > >
> > > Wrong. Read closer.
> > >
> > > "The SafeLink program has actually been
> > offering
> > > cell phones to low-income households in some
> > > states since 2008..."
> >
> >
> > As I said, and as your own fucking article goes
> on
> > to explain, the larger USF program started long
> > before. Most closely in modern times under
> Reagan
> > in 1985. It expanded to include mobile phones
> in
> > 2008 under a private grant (associated with
> Bill
> > Clinton) as Safelink/Lifeline and didn't become
> a
> > problem as far as fraud until later under Obama
> as
> > the numbers of mobile phones and those claiming
> > eligibility exploded. One discounted home
> phone
> > for a relatively small number of households
> isn't
> > a big deal. Tens of millions who are able to
> get
> > multiple subsidized mobile phones each are.
> The
> > biggest crooks in the whole scheme are the
> > providers who benefit with every phone they
> hand
> > out so they have a vested interest in dealing
> out
> > as many as they possibly can.
>
> It's cell phones people object to. The program
> started in 2008 under GWB. Just admit you were
> wrong and go home.
>
> By the way, it's great program that provides
> dignity and opportunity to many.
Your own article says I'm right. lol
It's a program that's abused both by providers and recipients. The Obama administration even recognized that. It's a big part of why your cell phone bill is $5 more every month than you agreed to pay. Which will cost you even more now that the FCC has expanded it to Internet access.