I have a problem. It's called reason- and it seems to be lacking in the large majority of our politicians. I know most will agree they have the same issue; But I have decided to take my complaints to the the public.
You see, by the world's standard- I am not old. I am, however, old enough to remember calling my grandparents- two states away- on special occasions and even then limiting our conversation because time was literally "money." I lived in a rural community, therefore, I even had a party line. For those of you who don't understand the reference- that means a whole bunch of houses shared one phone line. I was a teenager on that line- believe me, I understand the desire for personal telephone service. I even understand history enough to know that government supported phone service to rural areas has been around since the 1930's- a way of keeping a "safer electorate." What I can't understand is how 20 states are racking up a billion dollar US tax payer phone bill to give free phones to their welfare candidates. The program is called: Safelink Wireless
https://www.safelinkwireless.com/EnrollmentPublic/home.aspx
It gives free calls, text, national long distance, voicemail, caller id, call waiting and 911 to anyone who qualifies. That is anyone who would currently qualify for welfare, public housing etc in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
How is this funded? Cleverly- is the answer. Look at your phone bill. Do you see that "Universal Service Charge?" That's where the money comes from. You see- even though the House of Representatives is the only one empowered to declare a new tax- it seems the FCC has circumvented the Constitution and applied one to all of us bill payers. Okay, I get it- one out of eight hundred billion dollars in public assistance isn't much by percentage. But when I have to pay my bills, it's the extra's- like mobile phone service that get scaled back or removed entirely.
So I say to the people in Washington, "Are you Plum dumb?" Stop funding cell phone service for welfare recipients and give me back my billion- then maybe I can afford unlimited texting!!
So I say to the people in Washington, "Are you Plum dumb?" Stop funding cell phone service for welfare recipients and give me back my billion- then maybe I can afford unlimited texting!!
