[TSgt]

And to think of what I'm paying a month for my service...

[RnMomof7]

Me too ...

[FlingWingFlyer]

This free phone BS was one of that bass turd Algore’s babies.

[dennisw]

Just saying but how can I do my drug deals, get my free Gov’t bennies and do other off the books scams without my free cell phone YO!

Work is for chumps!

[hinckley buzzard]

Just more redistribution from the obama stash.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Look on the bright side. They aren't getting iPhone 4s phones with data plans.

Yet...

[EGPWS]

To qualify for the program, someone must be enrolled in one of numerous federal programs — such as Medicaid, food stamps, Section 8 or free school lunch — or make below 150 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $33,525 for a family of four.

It must be a rigorous endeavor to get a "free" phone for your survival by the looks of it.

Well, at least there isn't a push to get people to "go government" for their sustenance....

[dennisw]

How about the Comcast $10/month internet for Obama voters? This is a 2 billion dollar program paid for by the "suckas" who are paying full freight at Comcast

Comcast's Low-Income, $10 Per Month Internet Service Goes Live ... www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393253,00.asp Sep 20, 2011 – Comcast on Tuesday formally launched its Internet Essentials program, which provides Internet access for $10 per month to families who have ...

[AppyPappy]

“With four children under age 9, “
Cancer be damned. He can still throw the bone.

[Typical_Whitey]

“A Democracy will only survive until the majority realizes that it can vote itself largess from the public trust”

I guess for America it’s back to the totalitarian drawing board....

[TheCause]

ping

[Iron Munro]

"If only there were some federal government programs we could find to cut...."

"Can anyone think of any? Maybe just one?"

"Anybody?.............."

[Chode]

and America takes another one in the........

[WOBBLY BOB]

[RightGeek]

“We assist in providing folks with a way to be able to reach out to employers and get a call back from employers to gain employment,” he said.

LOL. I think I'll sign up my cat - he's been waiting for years for a call from Little Friskies.

[fhayek]

Abuse of a welfare program? Say it ain’t so!

[spodefly]

I have the same bare-bones plan I have had for years for $12.00/month. No data or text, just phone.

But then I guess I am stupid as hell for bothering to shop for the lowest price plan to fit my budget when I could just go crying to Uncle Sugar.

That’s the way many thing are these days. The government has made suckers out of anyone trying to pay their own way and play by the rules.

[simplesimon]

I would so love to move out of Ohio. Cant stand the darn winters anymore.

[GeronL]

I heard somewhere there are something like 77 separate federal welfare programs.

Time to abolish at least 76 of them.

[HiTech RedNeck]

These appear to be recycled older phones, and have a small number of monthly minutes (250 domestic is the max) and one text counts as one minute. This is receiving or giving, and I don’t know if there’s a way to shut off the text receiving capability to keep well meaning friends with unlimited pay plans from dinging away your minutes. If the program could be well controlled it might be worth it. $10 on top of a $200 food stamp budget isn’t humongous. But it is supposed to be the sole program phone for that address. And they ask you for your address on line — there’s no excuse for whatever state office administers the food stamps not to ensure the address is unique before paying out. They have to do something like that for the food stamps anyhow (more than one person being fed together gets less than integral multiples of the one person rate).

[HiTech RedNeck]

I should say, receiving or sending [sloppy proof reading]