[National Review]

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/354867/me-and-my-obamaphones-jillian-kay-melchior

[Hoodat]

. . . here’s your free phone

Phones aren't free.

[publius911]

Read More OBAMAPHONES

[MeshugeMikey]

Speculative Fiction Come To Life

that pretty well sums up the entire obama regime

[Katya]

These phones are literally resold for $20 bucks a pop. The agents who sign people up for these phones make a handy commission. Not much different than when people use their food stamps to go shopping at the korean stores in ghetto malls because they will take food stamps for having your nails done, or buying phone accessories.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Previously posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3049888/posts

[publius911]

the program’s costs had risen to $2.189 billion, up from $822 million before wireless carriers were included. As of June, there were 13.8 million active Lifeline subscriptions.
Good grief! a 266% increase in 5 years?
I immediately thought, who profits from that? Aside from the "progressive" poverty pimps bureaucratic industry?
Wireless Companies! I wonder how their political contributions were distributed?
Who were the main recipients? Sponsors of the law change?

When I did receive my SafeLink phone a few days later, I started informing vendors that I did have one Lifeline phone. They assured me that the Lifeline program permitted me to have one phone from each participating wireless provider — which simply isn’t true.
Surprise!
Wholesale abuse. Who'dathought?
The "employees" signing up probably do it on commission, so the goal is volume.
It's another freaking scandal, and our phone bill keeps growing to pay for the indolent.
Ever noticed who walks around constantly with a cell phone in their ear? At all hours of the day or night, during the week (24/7/365) when normal people are working?

Makes me wonder if the people bearing the burden really know --- or care.

[clearcarbon]

I’ll bet this is another one of those obamanation spread-the-poverty government programs where a multitude of “impoverished Americans” pay lifeline fees so other so-called “impoverished Americans” get free phone service.