Why do conservatives complain about government phones just now when they were enacted during the Reagan administration?

[Versatile]

Originally Posted by truthseeking

Their nickname is Obama Phone Dem and Repub alike. These phones were used politically to promote votes for Obama, under the false pretense that he is helping the poor.

Obama offered free phones in his campaign? We need a link for that.

[Iamme73]

Originally Posted by FabianS

Don doesn't care that under Obama 3 million Obamaphones were fraudulently obtained.

Don doesn't care that the program has more than doubled under Obama.

Why should we care about a measly 1 billion dollars for fraudulent Obamaphones anyway?

Don thinks you guys are probably all racists, just like all those terrible people on Don's favorite AMC show.

Please provide the link that substantiates any of those claims, until then I hold out you don't know what you are talking about.

[parried]

The lifeline program was enacted under the reagan administration in 1984 to provide telephone service to senior citizens and the like. Most of the abuse that was going on within the lifeline cell phone program has been cleaned up already. Just a year or 2 ago this was all over the news. The FCC wanted stricter rules for qualification and harder verification.

[northnut]

Originally Posted by tinman01

An inexpensive land line?

Do you realize there are people who don't actually have a home? How would they have a land line exactly?