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I'll start here....I saw a commercial for people to get "free" cell phones. The narrator said that they are needed so that people can get jobs.
So let's follow this "logic".
No one with a cell phone should be unemployed.
Here's another....another commercial about "free" internet service. Again, the narrator says that kids need it so they can do well in school.
No one with internet access should fail in school.
I guess I don't follow the logic. I will say, I have seen ads and such offering 'free' or 'one cent' cell phones, but the purpose was to get the person locked into a two year contract, which is anything but free.
So, to clarify: was the commercial you saw for a free cell phone plus free telephone service (local and long distance), or just a ploy to get people signed up for service.
I guess I don't follow the logic. I will say, I have seen ads and such offering 'free' or 'one cent' cell phones, but the purpose was to get the person locked into a two year contract, which is anything but free.
So, to clarify: was the commercial you saw for a free cell phone plus free telephone service (local and long distance), or just a ploy to get people signed up for service.
They were government sponsored commercials.
I have no problem with the free market doing what they want.
I'll start here....I saw a commercial for people to get "free" cell phones. The narrator said that they are needed so that people can get jobs.
So let's follow this "logic".
No one with a cell phone should be unemployed.
Here's another....another commercial about "free" internet service. Again, the narrator says that kids need it so they can do well in school.
No one with internet access should fail in school.
The narrator should just be honest and say these are needed to keep people voting Democrat.
It's exactly what the Democrats have been doing to the black community for decades. Keep them on a steady stream of handouts and scapegoating Republicans while not actually effecting any lasting significant change at all. I mean 50 years of the war on poverty and the great society and the black community still lags behind in wealth and education but golly gee they are now a solid Democrat voting block.
While I think it is absolutely ridiculous to claim that free phones or free internet are basic human needs whose absence is simply intolerable, your reasoning is illogical.
Thus, phone or internet service are contributors to success or employability - and I can reasonably agree that this is the case in today's modern world. I don't have a cell phone and people think I am an oddity... (just like you are probably thinking, right now!).
However, something simply being a contributing factor certainly does not guarantee success.
You see, food is an important contributor to survival. However, access to food does not guarantee survival - you need water and, depending on the circumstances, you need shelter, too. Similarly, phones and internet contribute to success/employability, but access to them can not function as a guarantee. There are other parameters that need to be met.
Thus, your assertion that access to phones and internet should assure success is simply fallacious and illogical.
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