[okie01]

What line of warped logic came up with that one and where was the GOP when that piece of crap slid onto the books?

The so-called Lifeline program was passed in 1984, during the Reagan administration. It subsidized the installation of a landline in poor households in order to give them access to 911.

In 2007, the Democrat Congress voted to include cell phones in the program. President Bush signed the bill.

In both cases, a Democrat Congress -- but a Republican president.

[econjack]

That’s probably my biggest complaint about Bush...he never used his veto power and there were plenty of times when he should have...including this one. Like I said: Where was the GOP?