Quote Originally Posted by Hlleonard View Post
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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?
Since you chide someone else for not telling the truth, let me help you get it out there. I read the article you got this from, and you must've only scanned it.

Government assistance for LAND LINE phone service to welfare recipients and people on certain other government programs started with Clinton and continued through Bush.

CELL PHONES began being issued in 2008. Fact, according to the article.

President Obama took office in 2008. Fact.

So should they be called Obama phones?

Should the NSA listen in on them to make sure they're only used for emergency purposes?

If you get a government sponsored phone, but vote straight ticket Republican will the IRS come after you?

I don't know, these question are all to tough for me.

Maybe President Obama will go on a popular late night comedy show and tell us the answers.