That Obamaphone Has a Catch
A new report shows the government has spent over $2 billion on a program to hand out free cell phones.
The worst part is the panel of operators who determine when to terminate your service.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 8:16 pm
“Hey, listen up, comrades — Obama’s giving away free cells!”
“Phones?”
“Not exactly.”
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:31 pm
From the WSJ article:
“41% of their more than six million subscribers either couldn’t demonstrate their eligibility or didn’t respond to requests for certification. . . . FCC rules on self-certification, and the absence of a national database of participants, made it hard to keep ineligible people from signing up.”
— I hereby volunteer, for even less than $2.2 bilion, to create and administer a program, but create and maintain no database of its participants. And to hand out money to people who want money; but who claim, without documentation, that they totally deserve it.
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:01 pm
Yeah, but Oppo, you have to set your own price, first, like Frank. One Million Dollars.
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Don’t want to cell out. . . I’ll work on straight telecommission.
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:54 pm
“Everybody on disability got Obamaphone. Keep Obama in President, chu know? He gave us a phone… And he took it away!!”
Or something like that.
February 22nd, 2013 at 10:58 pm
I’m now thoroughly convince that you can always make a play on words, Oppo. You have a gift! Now, have an Obamaphone and keep Obama in President, chu know?
February 23rd, 2013 at 12:05 am
There’s a ‘this is Peggy’one-liner waiting to be made. can’t quite get there…
February 23rd, 2013 at 12:54 pm
$2 billion divided by 300 million is 6.66, proof that Obama phones are evil!
February 23rd, 2013 at 1:00 pm
and $2 billion divided by 6 million is 333.333 aka 666.
O_O
So, a “free” phone costs $333 but my non-free phone costs ME about $900 a year…gee, I wonder why?