Cost: $2.2 BILLION.....per year.
The "savings" of screwing our retired and current military by stealing their pensions.......$6 Billion OVER TEN YEARS.
But, there was just "nowhere else" to cut.
ObamaPhones (tm) are paid for by a tax on all telephone users. If your phone company offers the courtesy of listing it, it would be included in the Universal Service fee or tax. This is its own outrage because it is under the control of the FCC. They can fund the program to any level they please by voting to set the tax rate without a vote of the Congress or customers.
But the Obama phones are paid for by you and I through our phones bills.
Read the small print on your statement.