Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
Lefties LOVE to say that. It was meant to give someone an emergency land line. The cost was CHEAP.

Now they get phones away to anyone.

Do you EVEN watch or read the article. A person, went up asked to be on the program, and without any documentation was able to get not 1 , not 2 but 3 free obama phones.

And yea, they are OBAMA PHONES because in 2008 he changed the law to allow cell phones to be issued.

The land lines can be called REAGAN phones all you want.......and for 18 years, if you called them that I'd be fine with it, but you know what. Under Reagan the program was scrutinized, and you actually had to prove need, before SCREWING the gubment out of money.

Oh, and the douchebag woman saying it is not a "federal" program is total BS. Anyone who PAYS for a cell phone pays a 3 or 4 dollar tax to pay for those free Obama Phones. Nothing like sharing the wealth.

Later,

Geo
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And yea, they are OBAMA PHONES because in 2008 he changed the law to allow cell phones to be issued.

It’s true that low income people get government issued cell phones. It’s not true that the government issued cell phone program started when President Obama was elected. Calling them Obama phones is a misnomer.
The program was started in 1996 when Bill Clinton was president and was continued under George Bush. It was originally started to help low income people pay for land lines, but as cell phones became more popular and cheaper during the Bush administration, it only made sense to provide the poor with cell phones.
These phones provide the poor – many of whom are seniors and veterans – with the means to access emergency care and job opportunities.
Some people will continue to snidely call them “Obama phones,” but that’s because they have no empathy for the poor and want to criticize President Obama.


Mr Fisher is there no end to your hatred and unwillingness to actually post the truth about anything political?