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Phone Company ‘Outraged’ By Fraud, Abuse In ‘Obamaphone’ Program
CBS Denver ^ | 1/26/2015 | Brian Maass

Posted on 01/27/2015 6:50:22 AM PST by Beave Meister

DENVER (CBS4) – A nationwide cellphone company distributing phones and cellphone plans in Denver as part of a massive government program says it is “outraged by the unacceptable actions” uncovered by a CBS4 undercover investigation.

The response from Total Call Mobile comes nearly three months after an undercover CBS4 investigation revealed multiple examples of fraud and cheating in the phone distribution program.

The Lifeline program is aimed at providing free cellphone service to the poor and needy. It handed out more than 13 million free cellphone plans in the first six months of 2014. In Colorado, the program handed out more than 117,000 free cellphone plans in the first half of 2014 or about 20,000 cellphones every month.

If you own a cellphone, you pay for the free phones and their wireless plans via a monthly tax on your cellphone called the Universal Service Tax. Although the Lifeline wireless program has been around since 2005 and started under President George W. Bush, it ballooned under President Obama and the phones are often referred to as Obamaphones.

(Excerpt) Read more at denver.cbslocal.com ...


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KEYWORDS: cbs4; co; colorado; corruption; democrats; denver; fraud; liberals; lyingliberalliars; obama; obamacare; obamaphone; obamaphonefraud; totalcallmoble
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To: Beave Meister
If you own a cellphone, you pay for the free phones and their wireless plans via a monthly tax on your cellphone called the Universal Service Tax.

Well, that let's me 'off the hook'..................

21 posted on 01/27/2015 7:32:12 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: IronJack

How could you possibly miss it?

The Taxing and Spending Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States...”

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING comes under “general welfare.”


22 posted on 01/27/2015 7:32:40 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Beave Meister

Its not enough that we pay for this program but we have to pay for a study to find fraus when its pretty much guaranteed.


23 posted on 01/27/2015 7:41:20 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: jch10

Well, at least she didn’t have a fourth phone for streaming video. </s


24 posted on 01/27/2015 7:46:10 AM PST by ken in texas
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To: Beave Meister
has been around since 2005 and started under President George W. Bush, it ballooned under President Obama and the phones are often referred to as Obamaphones.

The story of our Republi-crat government. The liberal Republican starts a program and promises it will remain small and used only by the "truly needy." The Dem comes in and expands it beyond all recognition. The Republicans just shrug and say they can't do anything about it.

25 posted on 01/27/2015 7:49:57 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: jch10
"Really? A lady of color told us she had three O phones. One for texting, one for games, and one for talking."

Do not forget all three for voting. Me thinks the Obamafomes were integral in the Democrat GOTV tsunami in 2012.

26 posted on 01/27/2015 7:58:25 AM PST by buckalfa (First time listener, long time caller.)
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To: Beave Meister

It truly never ceases to amaze me at how stupid the so-called smartest people in room are. They have no clue whatsoever about nature.


27 posted on 01/27/2015 8:23:54 AM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Beave Meister

28 posted on 01/27/2015 8:35:20 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Beave Meister

My sister got two Obamaphones in January. One for her 10 year-old boy and one for her 8 year-old boy. My parents are mortified by her decisions over the last couple of years and we allow our kids to be around her family only when we’re supervising directly.


29 posted on 01/27/2015 9:28:57 AM PST by Dexter Morgan (Everyone hides who they are.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; All
"It’s how he bought 2 elections."

I blame GW Bush and "Compassionate Conservatism (liberal welfare statism)"

30 posted on 01/27/2015 11:45:29 AM PST by Mariner (First the GOP must die. Everything else comes after that.)
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To: Mariner

Compassionate Conservatism is neither Compassionate nor Conservative.


31 posted on 01/27/2015 11:46:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Beave Meister
Guess what working people of America? These "Obamaphones" that are getting handed to various low life and riff raff are not free. They come out of our pockets.

Next time you look at your phone bill, look for the "USF" fee. That is your monthly "contribution" to fund those "free" phones.

Just goes to show that the more we give things out for "free", the faster people will show up to take them.

32 posted on 01/27/2015 11:57:48 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Beave Meister

Wait until Obama has the FCC regulating the Internet and we will be paying not only for free Internet access to the “disadvantaged” but also giving them laptops or tablets so they can sign up for Obamacare and welfare, watch Internet porn, keep up on Facebook and listen to the latest rap artists. I doubt that few if any of them would use the Internet to look for a job.


33 posted on 01/27/2015 2:01:25 PM PST by The Great RJ (Pants up...Don't loot!)
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To: All

Thank you CBS, but don’t you support the resident and his type?


34 posted on 01/27/2015 3:08:48 PM PST by veracious
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To: Beave Meister

Remember reading an article a while back where some reporter was able to get like 3 obolaphones in one day, with nary a check to see if she actually qualified. So this is not really “news”.


35 posted on 01/27/2015 8:02:18 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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