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Cell Phones for the Needy
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Posted on 10/24/2009 7:00:25 AM PDT by ladyL

I had a former employee call me earlier today inquiring about a job, and at the end of the conversation he gave me his phone number. I asked the former employee if this was a new cell phone number and he told me yes this was his “Obama phone.” I asked him what an “Obama phone” was and he went on to say that welfare recipients are now eligible to receive (1) a FREE new phone and (2) approx 70 minutes of FREE minutes every month. I was a little skeptical so I Googled it and low and behold he was telling the truth. TAX PAYER MONEY IS BEING REDISTRIBUTED TO WELFARE RECIPIENTS FOR FREE CELL PHONES. This program was started earlier this year. Enough is enough, the ship is sinking and it’s sinking fast. The very foundations that this country was built on are being shaken. The age old concepts of God, family, and hard work have flown out the window and are being replaced with “Hope and Change” and “Change we can believe in.” You can click on the link below to read more about the “Obama phone”…just have a barf bag ready.

https://www.safelinkwireless.com/EnrollmentPublic/home.aspx

why would they need a cell phone...some of us can't and don't have to have them???? ....what next???


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To: RoadKingSE

Do they come with Bluetoof?


21 posted on 10/24/2009 8:12:55 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: ladyL

I researched it and the subsidy is $10/mo. The big advantage for Tracfone (the corporate entity tied to this) is that you can add extra minutes. Right now after you discount the purchase of the phone less the initial minutes, a Tracfone like this probably costs about $10/mo. anyway (actually a little less since that is the phone I use). I wonder how many additional minutes get purchased by these “poor” people. That would be a real interesting statistic to get ahold of.

Apparently for a long time the government has been assisting in providing land lines for the poor.


22 posted on 10/24/2009 8:13:20 AM PDT by exhaustguy
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To: Bigg Red

It’s not just for people on ‘welfare’.....they may not be on welfare at all...


23 posted on 10/24/2009 8:40:03 AM PDT by Freddd (CNN is not credible.)
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To: ladyL

You didn’t know about this? Up here in Mass they advertise this on TV. Must need to encourage more usage.

Both my wife and I are unemployed. I am sooooo tempted.


24 posted on 10/24/2009 8:43:35 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: sand lake bar
I think headsets for the drunken homeless is a better idea. Then they can talk to themselves without looking foolish.

Write this up as a self-esteem increasing program and you could probably get funding for it.

25 posted on 10/24/2009 8:46:31 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: ladyL

I checked out the link(s) and it does not appear to be “free” it is subsidized with a discount of around 20ish percent. So there is still a bill that needs to be paid, and a warning that if not paid, services will be terminated.


26 posted on 10/24/2009 8:50:39 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (FR33 73h lOn9 fOrM 81R7H c3r71F1ca73!!)
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To: sergeantdave
Big fat welfare momma down the road has a big screen TV, a new ATV for the commie brat kid, a new back porch and a garbage can filled with empty beer cans. Oh, did I mention my property taxes pays her rent?

I didn't believe these kinds of things until a buddy of mine started doing an internship with child services. What she described was enough to make anyone sick.

27 posted on 10/24/2009 8:53:58 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: mimi from mi
Universal Service Charge billed to cell phone users

Six of one. So in order to stop paying for deadbeats' luxuries I need to stop paying for my own. WTF?

28 posted on 10/24/2009 8:58:10 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: mimi from mi
Universal Service Charge billed to cell phone users

Six of one. So in order to stop paying for deadbeats' luxuries I need to stop paying for my own. WTF?

29 posted on 10/24/2009 8:58:15 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: OpeEdMunkey

Oops. Fat fingers.


30 posted on 10/24/2009 9:01:59 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: ladyL; All
Before we all grab the pitch forks, hot tar and feathers and storm the White House, it appears that we cannot blame Obama for this one:

The FCC's Universal Service Support Mechanisms

Page down and note the date: "Last updated 6/30/08"

31 posted on 10/26/2009 7:36:29 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Where are are we going and how did I get in this hand basket?)
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To: ladyL

This cell phone program has been around for 14 years.


32 posted on 10/28/2009 4:56:57 PM PDT by Dementio
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