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2017-07-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

‘Obamaphone' program stashes $9 billion in private bank accounts

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-03 02:14|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 $9B USD would buy a lot of border wall.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-03 02:38|| 2017-07-03 02:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Love how McCaskill tried to blame the phone companies. Now, idiot, the problem was the very idea.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-07-03 07:09|| 2017-07-03 07:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Gee... one would start to think that these government assistance programs are little more than slush funds for the politically connected...

Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-03 09:00|| 2017-07-03 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Working as Designed.

But hey - the stated (if not actual) intent was good so it's worth it - right?

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-07-03 09:14|| 2017-07-03 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 $9B USD would buy a lot of border wall.

Good one!

Posted by gorb 2017-07-03 09:38|| 2017-07-03 09:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Every time these leftists get in office they view the federal coffers as their personal slush fund. I'd really like to know how much they ran off with in the past eight years. Faster please, with the swamp-draining.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-03 09:59|| 2017-07-03 09:59|| Front Page Top

#7 As I recall, the corner pay phones were gotten rid of to deny crack dealers the ability to communicate, not to mention the idiots who were destroying the things for the sheer joy of destruction, which left those in poor neighbourhoods no way to contact the police, etc. in an emergency. This program was supposed to make up for that lack. Part-time daughter, who found herself during the Obama years trying to support herself and two babies on a part-time, low-paid job, was given an Obamaphone when she signed up for food stamps, though she didn't need a second cell phone and never used it after sending me a text to give me the number.

The problem is targetting each aspect of aid to those who truly need it instead of wastefully throwing the whole bundle at everyone. The other problem is recognizing there will always be some level of waste and abuse, and figuring out how to minimize it while still helping those who need help.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-07-03 11:37|| 2017-07-03 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 If I remember correctly, the contract for Obamaphones was given to Mexican telecom mogul, Carlos Slim Helu

Posted by Whavish Thusoling5684 2017-07-03 11:38|| 2017-07-03 11:38|| Front Page Top

#9 May be off subject but a MAJOR event today. Went by the Post office and they asked me to take a Customer Survey on how they were doing.

Posted by Bertie White1438 2017-07-03 16:14|| 2017-07-03 16:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Methinks McCaskill's 'taxpayer' comment is a bit overblown, because the article states that, while the program is administered by the USG, the funding comes from the carriers via a mandated fee placed on customers' accounts.

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-03 16:24|| 2017-07-03 16:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Not much of a difference between a mandated fee and a tax is there?

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-07-03 16:45|| 2017-07-03 16:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Libs seem to understand the difference, even if I don't.

Posted by gorb 2017-07-03 18:22|| 2017-07-03 18:22|| Front Page Top

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