[padre35]

Somewhere in the US some new feelgood initiative is handing out “free” cell phones for “those who have no phone service”.

Heck, why not food stamps, cellphones and computers with “free’ internet access?

They could call it “the Obamao Bundle”.

[cripplecreek]

Actually nothing new about it. Safelink declares that there IS NO OBAMAPHONE”. LOL As near as I can tell the free phone goes back to Reagan and was a very limited plan for landlines to poor people whith potentially dire health issues.

“There is no “Obama phone” or other newly created federal program to provide free cell phones.”

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

[Molly T.]

Imagine my surprise when I read the headline on this. Just a few days ago our local paper came out with a headline that read...”No such thing as a free lunch ....or free television?”
The article went on to say those folks who get their tv access via their roof top antenna could be facing tax on that antenaa....it said those who choose to have cable or Direct/Dish access won’t be charged, but that free TV as Americans have known it since the 1940’s would no longer be.Of course it also said those paying satillite /cable fees might see an increase in their charges....this is just an idea being “thrown around”....but we all know what that means...hang onto your checkbook.