Posted on 06/12/2015 2:47:59 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
Next week, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve a plan to add Internet access subsidies to its current $1.7 billion wireless phone subsidy program, called Lifeline. This comes in the wake of two federal audits that show a negligent lack of accountability in the existing program, as well as news reports of widespread fraud and abuse.
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When you allow vendors to sign up recipients it is near a 100% probability there will be fraud.
couple of notes:
It was GWBush who added cell phones to the Lifeline program.
and
América Móvil, owned by Carlos Slim*(Mexico), provides some of the the phones and services.
The program is funded by USF fees the rest of us pay.
At one time, that fund was billions in the black. After adding cell phone service, it’s now in the red.
They never get it right, it’s Obama foams, not Obama phones.
I’ve heard I can go on disability if I have high blood pressure.
Is 161 over 105 high enough?
Most SSDI claims are routinely denied outright at first except for undeniable proven disabilities that are severe.
Usually, if you have a questionable ailment, it will take a lawyer to handle the case, often providing their own doctors, and the case must go before an arbitration or court.
I’m only getting my information from a year old NPR report on a “call center” in eastern Washington state that was talking about how they were incented to get as many people on disability as possible.
The disability thing is fascinating to me because I live in an area where a lot of people are on it. And my neighbor was denied twice (even his doctor said he was not eligible) but he went to court and eventually got it. The guy lives in a trashed single wide with his wife and two kids, but he keeps the yard immaculate.
Thing is, the cost of living is so low here that you can LIVE fairly comfortably on disability. It’s why, statistically, such a high percentage of people here get it. My home of 45 years, Seattle, is not a place you would want to live off it, so people tend to not try to get it unless they REALLY need it.
Just another way stats are skewed and don’t tell the whole story.
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