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Poor in Colorado may get free phones
denver post ^
| 7/15/09
| David Migoya
Posted on 07/15/2009 10:32:57 PM PDT by Nachum
Thousands of low-income Coloradans reliant on public assistance could get a free cellphone under a plan before the state Public Utilities Commission.
If approved, the plan by TracFone Wireless in Miami would make Colorado the 17th state it has settled into with free cell service for the indigent, a form of wireless welfare that proponents say taps into one of the last untapped markets for the telecom technology.
"Our hope is to have it up and running by September," said Jose Fuentes, TracFone's director of government relations. "Historically, it's a very underutilized service, and we'd like that to change."
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cellphones; colorado; free; phones; poor; tracfonejihad; tracfones; wirelesswelfare
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We have lost our collective minds...
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:32:58 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
Can I have free cellphone? Or do I need to commit a crime first?
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:35:00 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Nachum
Simply amazing... what else can you say.
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:35:46 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
To: Nachum
Just phones? You should see the kids playing with the electric wheelchairs they got as toys, for free, from Medicare.
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:35:51 PM PDT
by
americanophile
(Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
To: Nachum
I’m not sure, but I think that all states have a $1 or $2 a month phone for people with low incomes. At least I’ve heard about them for a long time... Since everyone is switching over to cell phones, it seems that this is the same thing.
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:36:29 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
To: Nachum
Let me guess, ACORN is the carrier. The phones start up with a message on the screen that says, “Provided by ACORN, Whose your Sugar Daddy baby?”
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:37:41 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
To: Nachum
Ooops...
Let me guess, ACORN is the carrier. The phones start up with a message on the screen that says, “Provided by ACORN, Who’s your Sugar Daddy baby?”
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:38:05 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
To: Nachum
Cell phones for the poor is a great idea. Because calling up the welfare office is easier than lining up in front of it...
To: Nachum
I still don't have a cell phone. Last week my car broke down on a deserted road on a dairy farm at midnight on the way home from work. I waited 2 hours before a good samaritan stopped and offered me a ride home. He did not have a cell phone either. He was on his way from home from work too. He had a badge from a hospital job. We have to pay our bills and both have incomes that gets us by, but don't have the spare cash to pay for cell phones.
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:53:42 PM PDT
by
dancusa
(The word "racist" is a magic shield word that's supposed to stop any dissent.)
To: Nachum
Does anyone have that picture of Michelle serving food at the soup kitchen while one of the customers is taking a picture of her on their Blackberry?
(”Free food? Let me text all my friends and they’ll meet me here...”)
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:54:49 PM PDT
by
KitJ
(Shall Not Be Infringed)
To: Nachum
hubby and I were discussing tonight how we’re going to manage to get our hands on some of that sweet bailout cash.
First - we’ll have to change our voter registration to a “D”.
trade in the SUV for a Volvo and put some hopeychangey stickers on it.
maybe apply for a job w/ the census and get some under the table action from ACORN?
To: Nachum
that proponents say taps into one of the last untapped markets for the telecom technology.
That’s so funny. This “market” was untapped because one side did not have the means to pay for it.
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:02:13 PM PDT
by
CommieCutter
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/qt/3013_08.html)
To: Nachum
Mine is getting old and I need to upgrade, can I have a free one too?!?
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:03:26 PM PDT
by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: dancusa
I just have a cheapy, pay as you go Tracfone. I think you can get the phone with some minutes and airtime on it for $30 dollars or less. ‘m not one of these that has mine glued to my ear—just for emergencies mainly.
To: americanophile
Wow, I just saw two kids riding around in a parking lot in electric wheelchairs just tonight. Pathetic.
To: TheThinker
Your tax dollars at work!
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:36:43 PM PDT
by
americanophile
(Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
To: Nachum
It’s good to know the crack-heads will be able to call their dealer from WHEREVER THEY ARE AT when the welfare check & food stamps arrive on their government EBT cards.
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:38:34 PM PDT
by
lmr
(God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
To: Nachum
Just wait until they also figure out that those people can't or wont be able or care to recharge them. Imagine a whole slew of new federal regs to deal with that. Plus Obama will name a Phone Czar to run the whole mess.
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:38:50 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:40:17 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:42:45 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
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