Do you have a clue? Reagan never advocated giving cell phones to the poor. He left office in January of 1989... do you even know what a cell phone from that time period looked like? I do because I still have one. I appreciate you making an effort, but your bible verse also falls short of advocating huge government social programs.
I am puzzled that you think that you would have a lot of allies in these forums who are in favor of big government social programs. And you think that because you advocate for these human spirit killing welfare programs that you are somehow morally superior?
Do you know that people who fall at the poverty line in this country are more wealthy than 85% of the world's population? I have a very hard time understanding where you are coming from and why you are espousing your pro-big-government beliefs here. We have seen what those types of programs have done to cities like Detroit and Chicago. They are absolutely destructive to people everywhere. You are either willfully ignorant or crazy.
The program DID start under Reagan, but it was house phones not cell phones until 2008. A lot of people seem to think cell phones are a luxury compared to house phones. But cell phones are now cheaper.
Snopes on Obama cellphone program
See the last paragraph of the above link for the actual start dates.
This is not a libertarian site. This is a social conservative site. And there are many people on this forum that are not in favor of shirking our responsibility to the poor. They also do want fiscally responsible government. And there is no reason we can’t do both.