Thursday, February 2, 2012
THIS IS A PART OF THE STIMULUS OBAMA HAS SPENT
Nanny State Giving Out Free Cell Phones, Minutes To Welfare RecipientsDid you know that the federal government is giving out free cell phones and free cell phone minutes to welfare recipients? It may be hard to believe, but it is true. Right now, there are companies that are running advertisements specifically targeted at low income Americans informing them of the fact that all they have to do is sign up and they can get a free cell phone and hundreds of free cell phone minutes every single month and it will all be paid for by the federal government. Some have referred to this as “The Obama Phone”, but that is not exactly accurate. The outrageous federal programs that are paying for this were initiated before Barack Obama entered the White House. But the fact that welfare recipients have been receiving free cell phones and free cell phone minutes under both the Bush and Obama administrations has been confirmed as being true by Snopes. All of this is paid for by “the federal Universal Service Fund”. That is one of those annoying little taxes that you may have noticed on your phone bill ...Read More
Guess what? The Universal Service Fund received $5 billion as part of the stimulus. So the "free" cell phones are not only paid for by the extra charge on your phone bill.
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