Went from $800 million to 2.2 billion under Obama http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888
. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:371274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
