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One million obamaphone users now in Ohio
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2 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/19/2012, 8:05 pm
Floridatexan
There's no such thing as an Obamaphone. The Lifeline program was begun in 1984 under Reagan and expanded in 2008 under Bush.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/27/924011/the-truth-about-the-obama-phone/?mobile=nc
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/27/924011/the-truth-about-the-obama-phone/?mobile=nc
3 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/19/2012, 8:17 pm
ZVUGKTUBM
Floridatexan wrote:There's no such thing as an Obamaphone. The Lifeline program was begun in 1984 under Reagan and expanded in 2008 under Bush.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/27/924011/the-truth-about-the-obama-phone/?mobile=nc
Were they called Bushphones back in 2008?
4 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/19/2012, 8:30 pm
2seaoat
Were they called Bushphones back in 2008?
No.....most phones today are smartphones......
No.....most phones today are smartphones......
5 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/20/2012, 3:44 pm
Floridatexan
2seaoat wrote:Were they called Bushphones back in 2008?
No.....most phones today are smartphones......
Good one, Seaoat.
6 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/20/2012, 3:55 pm
boards of FL
And this thread is basically over.
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7 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/20/2012, 11:14 pm
Floridatexan
boards of FL wrote:And this thread is basically over.
Wasn't that fun?
8 Re: One million obamaphone users now in Ohio 11/21/2012, 1:35 am
Markle
Mexican billionaire making millions from American government program that gives poor free cell phones
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED:20:17 EST, 10 October 2012| UPDATED: 20:17 EST, 10 October 2012
[...]
The renewed debate over the decades-old program was sparked by a video of a woman in the battleground state of Ohio who said that she and 'everybody in Cleveland, every minority, got an Obama phone. Keep Obama as president. He gave us a phone. He gonna do more.'
Though President Clinton was the one to begin the process of offering either landlines or cell phones to low-income Americans after he enacted the Telecommunications Act in 1996, the program has grown dramatically between 2008 and 2011.
According to Fox News, the cost of the Lifeline program more than doubled from $722 million in 2008 to $1.6 billion in 2011. The exact number of recipients of said phones in 2008 is not clear but the latest 2011 calculation puts the figure at 3.8 million subscribers.
[...]
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215966/Mexican-billionaire-making-millions-American-government-program-gives-poor-free-cell-phones.html#ixzz2CpfRUDYX
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED:20:17 EST, 10 October 2012| UPDATED: 20:17 EST, 10 October 2012
[...]
The renewed debate over the decades-old program was sparked by a video of a woman in the battleground state of Ohio who said that she and 'everybody in Cleveland, every minority, got an Obama phone. Keep Obama as president. He gave us a phone. He gonna do more.'
Though President Clinton was the one to begin the process of offering either landlines or cell phones to low-income Americans after he enacted the Telecommunications Act in 1996, the program has grown dramatically between 2008 and 2011.
According to Fox News, the cost of the Lifeline program more than doubled from $722 million in 2008 to $1.6 billion in 2011. The exact number of recipients of said phones in 2008 is not clear but the latest 2011 calculation puts the figure at 3.8 million subscribers.
[...]
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215966/Mexican-billionaire-making-millions-American-government-program-gives-poor-free-cell-phones.html#ixzz2CpfRUDYX
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