[HomerBohn]

Why is the American tax payer paying for these lazy buns to chit-chat. Fine give them a phone for emergencies. The only number they can dial is 911 or the local police if no 911 service is available. These people are the ones that want to check out of society. The tax payer shouldn't have to pay for it.

[hardspunned]

When the weather is warm enough drive through the urban slums. You will find temporary booths set up with acorn type vendors qualifying people for and passing out the phones. But that's only the start, once the activist gets the welfare bum's attention he presents the entire panoply of federal, state and local programs to ensure we tax payers are being drained to the max.

[MSF BU]

Buy flip phones in bulk and issue them. The same for food in lieu of food stamps. Make it illegal to ship food from any program or purchased with food stamps out of the country.

[ronniesgal]

i thought it was established that GWB started the phone hand outs?
Maybe Obola upgraded to “good” phones.

[central_va]

[Sequoyah101]

Speaking of FREE and ABUSE. Probably not many will notice and not many did notice at the time but where did all the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 money go? Nearly a TRILLION dollars of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009

In 2009 Houston, like all the rest of the country was feeling a lot of economic pain and yet Katy Freeway was full of BRAND NEW cars, mostly black with lots of chrome and driven by mostly black people. Where did this one group of people suddenly get all their money? Why were there ACORN green grocery stores that were empty in out of the way places like Crossville, Tennessee?

Nearly a TRILLION dollars gone and not much to show for it that anyone can see except a whole lot of Barky’s people did well for awhile. It will never be investigated and nothing will ever come of it. The probable theft of nearly a TRILLION dollars that at least some of us paid for.

[stylin19a]

Pres. Bush signed the law that gave out cell phones to the poor.

[Delta 21]

"...phones are a necessary part of our society..."

Its simply amazing how human beings survived for thousands of years with out them.

[Gritty]

Eliminate the stupid program. It is just a freebie for the parasite class.

If they want a phone, let them buy one with their own money like everybody else. Why should slackers and welfare bums get "free" phones paid for with money confiscated from us through our phone bills?

[Chode]