You guys do realize that cell phones aren't expensive, like, at all right? And that they're more efficient than landlines (as far as required infrastructure)? I feel like a lot of peoples outrage on this is due to them being old + out of touch, and viewing a cell phone as some huge luxury item when $10 can get you a go-phone at Target.
(10-09-2012 09:46 PM)UCF08 Wrote: You guys do realize that cell phones aren't expensive, like, at all right? And that they're more efficient than landlines (as far as required infrastructure)? I feel like a lot of peoples outrage on this is due to them being old + out of touch, and viewing a cell phone as some huge luxury item when $10 can get you a go-phone at Target.
iPhone 5 is $600. Can I get one of those from Obama?
The program was started under George W. Bush and is called SafeLink. The program is funded by cell phone providers and has ZERO taxpayer dollars involved
(10-10-2012 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote: The program was started under George W. Bush and is called SafeLink. The program is funded by cell phone providers and has ZERO taxpayer dollars involved
The USF is effectively a tax. Money required to be taken, in addition to the fees for the service, and directed toward a gov't created entity.
So that talking point is moot.
Furthermore, the SafeLink program has roots beyond Bush.
But to be honest, 60 minutes a month on a cell phone isn't much, and it actually is a tool that the real working poor can use. I find this program not particularly offensive.
But, since the left demands rhetoric instead of dialectic, I find this sound bite amusing and don't mind if it's effective.
(10-10-2012 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote: The program was started under George W. Bush and is called SafeLink. The program is funded by cell phone providers and has ZERO taxpayer dollars involved
no comments from the peanut gallery...
Get Obamaphone...I wanna Obama Phone... everytime I see your face....
It's all in good fun.... Someone should post some poor white folk asking for handouts from Obama...just to even this shiite out though...
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2012 07:28 AM by No Bull.)