The video sure brings home the point that 0bama captured the moron vote by giving away the treasury, doesn't it ?

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2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
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2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Ha, the phone is back!

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Please do yourself a favor and discover where and when the phone assistance program came into being, and how it is funded.

Facebook is not a worthy source.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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hmmmm.... youtube as a source.... kind of on par with facebook...

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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I would rather people did their own research, as the knowledge will be better reinforced in their minds.

How the program is being administered is a different issue, and I haven't seen any indication that it is being manipulated by this or previous administrations.
I could be wrong.
If you have links to evidence of such, I would gladly read them.

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers | FCC.gov

About USAC - Universal Service Administrative Company - USAC.org


The right wing slander that our Federal tax dollars are being spent on iPhones for every unemployed person, courtesy of Obama is false.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

https://media.giphy.com/media/X3nnss8PAj5aU/giphy.gif

Phones aside, as I understand it if you randomly got a 20%ish pay cut things would become a but tight if you're a young'n. I know I'd have to cut back on some hobbies if I lost 20%

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When my 2 days furlough per pay period kicks in I will be selectively "voting" with my money even more closely as to who gets paid and who will have to wait for "their" money or any further expenditures as a customer. Its called trickle down economics and it works both ways.

Its a tax, sorry "fee", being levied by the FCC to subsidize phone services for the needy and the program is being abused by unscrupulous promotion and lack of oversight in managing the eligibility issues. It is indeed controlled in proxy by sitting Presidents through commissioner appointments to the board. Currently Democats have 3 seats and Republicans have 2 seats. Please tell me that you believe the current President has no sway or influence on the running of this agency.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security. The Commission is also in the process of modernizing itself.[3]

The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2011 budget of US$335.8 million and a proposed fiscal-2012 budget of $354.2 million. It has 1,898 federal employees

You are talking to the wrong person. My friend was the one on FB, thanking Obama for her new phone.

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It is only undue influence when the other party is in power. My party stands for truth , justice and honesty. Your party lies to gain power.

I like to think of it as your (generic) party sucks every bit as much as the other guy's party.

Not very eloquent, I admit.

Anyone with a party affiliation who thinks their party isn't responsible for the mess we're in has taken too many hits from the party crack pipe. Party.

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The morons ye always have with ye. - in the bible, I think.

There are folks on the presumably rock-solid right who vote with some bizarro presumptions as well.

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1984 300D, 138K

...and you were the one who posted that anecdote as proof that Obama is responsible.

My suggestion is that your friend is uninformed, despite being a recipient, and you are one step further removed.

It may well be that people getting these phones believe Obama is responsible, and there may be people telling them as much....


Who Pays for the Lifeline Program?

All telecommunications service providers and certain other providers of telecommunications must contribute to the federal USF based on a percentage of their end-user telecommunications revenues. These companies include wireline telephone companies, wireless telephone companies, and certain Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers.

Some consumers may notice a “Universal Service” line item on their telephone bills. This line item appears when a company chooses to recover its USF contributions directly from its customers by billing them this charge. The FCC does not require this charge to be passed on to customers. Each company makes a business decision about whether and how to assess charges to recover its Universal Service costs.

Lifeline: Affordable Telephone Service for Income-Eligible Consumers | FCC.gov

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

https://media.giphy.com/media/X3nnss8PAj5aU/giphy.gif

Some serious credulity here and there. Someone on Mitch McConnell's staff wrote a letter on behalf of a constituent to Elizabeth King, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, expressing serious concern about prisoners at Gitmo being given full GI Bill benefits:

McConnell Staffer Falls For Stupid Parody Blog Post | Crooks and Liars

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

The lifeline program is administered by USAC.

I'm not familiar with the shenanigans at USAC, but there certainly are some.
Haven't read this link yet, but I'm going to post it so I can find it later...

http://commlaw.cua.edu/res/docs/06-v19-2-Marashlian-USF-Final.pdf

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

https://media.giphy.com/media/X3nnss8PAj5aU/giphy.gif