[FreedomStar3028]

It’s not misleading. It’s fact. The bias of the author is heavy and apparent, but otherwise factual.

The only reason I posted it because I’m tired of people calling it Obamaphones.

The legislation that makes service providers pay into has nothing to do with Obama.

[rlmorel]

It is a liberal Democrat construct developed, enhanced and advertised vigorously beginning in 2009 .

In the graphic below, look at the increase in the amount spent on this between 2005 where it had been and was around 9 billion a year, then JUST COINCIDENTALLY in 2009 began to increase to double that amount. (This is the same as payouts even though it says "USF Contribution Rates" because these are a direct passthrough in fees to paying customers like me, and I presume, you.

You want to put the blame for this on Reagan and Bush, and (like everything that happens under an administration) they aren't blameless, but calling these Obamaphones makes a lot more factual sense than calling them "Rooseveltphones", "Reaganphones" or even "Bushphones".

Otherwise, how do you explain a rough doubling of payouts since the day Obama took office?