The Lifeline program originated in 1984, during the administration of Ronald Reagan; it was expanded in 1996, during the administration of Bill Clinton; and its first cellular provider service (SafeLink Wireless) was launched by TracFone in 2008, during the administration of George W. Bush. All of these milestones were passed prior to the advent of the Obama administration.
The Lifeline program only covers monthly discounts on landline or wireless telephone service for eligible consumers. It does not pay cellular companies to provide free cell phones to consumers, although some cellular service providers choose to offer that benefit to their Lifeline customers. The Lifeline program is not directly subsidized by taxpayer monies. It is paid for out of the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) through a fee assessed against telecommunications service providers, who may or may not pass those costs along to their customer Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp#QmxYD5UyUadYlrR8.99 Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp#QmxYD5UyUadYlrR8.99 On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 4:32 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was not. > > We've been over this. > > The old plan was rural community lines, not individually numbered cell > phone. > > It was also drastically expanded by this administration. > > Cash for clunkers has made it so that you pretty much can't find a decent > car for under a grand. > On Jul 7, 2014 4:18 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Not to mention that the free phones thing was originally a Reagan thing. >> Bush Jr. changed it from landlines to cell phones. Let me guess >> Tim...Obama >> started the Civil War too? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 3:04 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: The Last Drop America's Breadbasket Faces Dire Water Crisis >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:56 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Shovel ready jobs - lots of jobs and infrastructure projects were funded >> and are complete. Where is the damage. >> > >> > Cash for clunkers >> Saved our family business and the 10 thousand jobs we provide. Did that >> for >> a lot of other car dealerships too. Got a lot of highly polluting cars off >> the road? Damage? >> > >> > Automotive bail out >> Bad because? Ford, GM and Chrysler still in business, doing well and >> putting people back to work. Damage? >> > >> > Free phones for losers >> Every applicant for assistance needs a way for the agency to communicate >> with them. Cheap cell phones provide that. Cost benefit ratio of a social >> worker making a phone call versus going to the field for a home visit more >> than paid for any cost of the phones. Damage? >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371273 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
