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<blockquote data-quote="Mike_60" data-source="post: 1985796" data-attributes="member: 16957">After reading through this thread, Ive come to the conclusion that those in favor of the Obama phone program seem to believe its ok because someone else is paying for it, like this uninformed statement above.&nbsp; First, Id like to set you straight, its YOU who is paying the bill for these phones; it is not the phone companies, or the 1%, or some magical money hole the government is pulling money from.&nbsp; The Universal Access Charge (TAX) on each of our phone bills is what is footing the bill for this giveaway program and the phone companies love it.&nbsp; It is guaranteed money they are collecting on behalf of the government from you (if you pay for phone service).&nbsp; They turn it over to the treasury and the treasury writes them a check.&nbsp; The next thing being worked on by the FCC is free broadband to these same folks.&nbsp; For the OP, if youre really serious which I doubt, peddle on over to your local dollar store; or any empty buildings parking lot near one, and look for a car with a long line of people queued up to the window.&nbsp;&nbsp; Itll either be free phones or a drug dealer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike_60, post: 1985796, member: 16957"] After reading through this thread, Ive come to the conclusion that those in favor of the Obama phone program seem to believe its ok because someone else is paying for it, like this uninformed statement above. First, Id like to set you straight, its YOU who is paying the bill for these phones; it is not the phone companies, or the 1%, or some magical money hole the government is pulling money from. The Universal Access Charge (TAX) on each of our phone bills is what is footing the bill for this giveaway program and the phone companies love it. It is guaranteed money they are collecting on behalf of the government from you (if you pay for phone service). They turn it over to the treasury and the treasury writes them a check. The next thing being worked on by the FCC is free broadband to these same folks. For the OP, if youre really serious which I doubt, peddle on over to your local dollar store; or any empty buildings parking lot near one, and look for a car with a long line of people queued up to the window. Itll either be free phones or a drug dealer. [/QUOTE]

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