rushmc 23
Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tpAOwJvTOio
Yep, these are the type of voters the left wingers don't want to prevent from voting.
Hmm
Might be it now does not matter where, or under who, this program started. Seems it has political reasons today
http://freebeacon.com/obamaphones-profiting-obamadonors/
QuoteBY: Andrew Stiles
October 8, 2012 5:00 am
A wireless company profiting from the so-called “Obama phone” giveaway program is run by a prominent Democratic donor whose wife has raised more than $1.5 million for the president since 2007.
Last week a video of a President Barack Obama supporter in Ohio claiming to have received a free phone from the president—“[Obama] gave us a phone!”—went viral, prompting media outlets to investigate.
Since 1985 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has operated a program called Lifeline, originally designed to provide free landline phone service for low-income individuals. The government subsidizes telecommunications firms providing the service, and those firms also pass on costs to customers via the “Universal Service Charge” on their phone bills.
The program expanded to include cell phones in 2008. That change has rapidly increased the cost to the federal government—$1.6 billion in 2011, up from $772 million in 2008. The number of Lifeline beneficiaries rose from 7.1 million to 12.5 million during the same period; cell phones account for roughly half of that 12.5 million.
One of the major providers of the free cell phones—3.8 million subscribers as of late 2011—is Miami-based TracFone Wireless, a company whose president and CEO, Frederick “F.J.” Pollak, has donated at least $156,500 to Democratic candidates and committees this cycle, including at least $50,000 to the Obama campaign.
Pollak’s wife, Abigail, is a campaign bundler for Obama who has raised more than $632,000 for the president this cycle, and more than $1.5 million since 2007. She has personally contributed more than $200,000 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2008.
The Pollaks hosted Obama at their Miami Beach home in June for a $40,000-per-plate fundraising dinner, and hosted a similar event with Michelle Obama in July 2008. The couple personally donated a combined $66,200 to Obama’s reelection effort that year.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters is if they can blame it on someone other than Obama. Preferrably Bush, but Clinton will do.
billvon 3,111
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>It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters is if they can blame it on someone
>other than Obama.
Yep. And republicans don't care what the truth is as long as they can blame it ON Obama. Like RushMC said "it does not matter where, or under who, this program started" - as long as Obama gets the blame.
>other than Obama.
Yep. And republicans don't care what the truth is as long as they can blame it ON Obama. Like RushMC said "it does not matter where, or under who, this program started" - as long as Obama gets the blame.
Weren't you just saying how you thought they could all get along, in another thread? Face it, it's an adversarial system just like out system of justice. Considering we mainly elect attorneys, are you really surprised?
rushmc 23
Quote>It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters is if they can blame it on someone
>other than Obama.
Yep. And republicans don't care what the truth is as long as they can blame it ON Obama. Like RushMC said "it does not matter where, or under who, this program started" - as long as Obama gets the blame.
So, what is your truth regarding this topic?
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
kallend 2,146
QuoteQuote>It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters is if they can blame it on someone
>other than Obama.
Yep. And republicans don't care what the truth is as long as they can blame it ON Obama. Like RushMC said "it does not matter where, or under who, this program started" - as long as Obama gets the blame.
So, what is your truth regarding this topic?
It started under Reagan. That's your truth too.
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billvon 3,111
>So, what is your truth regarding this topic?
I don't have my own truth. Here are some general truths about it:
The Lifeline program started in 1984. I've seen references to it on my phone bills going back at least 20 years. It's a program intended to make phone coverage more affordable to low income people, and was considered important because it allows low income people to use services (like 911) that otherwise they would not have access to.
In general it saves you about $9 a month on your phone bill and is paid for by taxes on phone companies.
It's been applicable only to wired phones until recently, when cellphone service costs dropped to the point where they are similar to (in some cases, cheaper than) wired phone costs. Some carriers have gotten rates cheap enough that that $9 a month in federal funding (plus whatever local funding is available) is enough to cover all costs, and thus such plans are effectively free.
I don't have my own truth. Here are some general truths about it:
The Lifeline program started in 1984. I've seen references to it on my phone bills going back at least 20 years. It's a program intended to make phone coverage more affordable to low income people, and was considered important because it allows low income people to use services (like 911) that otherwise they would not have access to.
In general it saves you about $9 a month on your phone bill and is paid for by taxes on phone companies.
It's been applicable only to wired phones until recently, when cellphone service costs dropped to the point where they are similar to (in some cases, cheaper than) wired phone costs. Some carriers have gotten rates cheap enough that that $9 a month in federal funding (plus whatever local funding is available) is enough to cover all costs, and thus such plans are effectively free.
rushmc 23
Cool. Then i have justed added to your truths
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
rushmc 23
QuoteQuoteQuote>It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters is if they can blame it on someone
>other than Obama.
Yep. And republicans don't care what the truth is as long as they can blame it ON Obama. Like RushMC said "it does not matter where, or under who, this program started" - as long as Obama gets the blame.
So, what is your truth regarding this topic?
It started under Reagan. That's your truth too.
Yes
That was in the link
Leave it to a Democrate that is afraid of loosing an election to make it a vote buying program
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
Hmmmm
She thinks it is.......
Sure you want to go there?
That aspect is completely lost on some.