For the record. The phones cost $9.95 month. I consider them a necessity in today's world. And while I'd like to see the fraud brought under control, I have absolutely no problem with the government paying for some phones for poor people.
If one person gets a $12,000 job and gets off of food stamps due to having a $120/yr phone, that's saves the government >$3600/yr. If they get off Medicaid that's another $1200/yr.
If one person gets a $12,000 job and gets off of food stamps due to having a $120/yr phone, that's saves the government >$3600/yr. If they get off Medicaid that's another $1200/yr
Where is the incentive for these poor people to go look for a job if the government provides not only their needs, but their wants?
define “poor”.
“working poor” or just lazy people? see, when gubmint does this “free stuff”, they don’t differentiate. private charities typically do and do so much better than the gubmint.
I agree with you. Maybe though the State should ring them during day to ascertain their whereabouts.
I do have a problem with paying for phones and birth control when it comes out of my own pocket, especially for the type degenerates I’ve seen that receive those benefits. On the plus side birth control at least keeps them from multiplying and sucking up more benefits.
You do realize that you are funding those phones through a Universal Access Fee, don't you? You are paying for someone else's phone. If they can't afford it out of their own pocket, they don't need to have one. I've never owned a cell phone and I'm completely comfortable without one.
They aren't a necessity of life.