ObamaPhones Profiting Obama Donor (Reagan, Chicago, elect, money)

[jt800]

Program to aid the poor is lining the pockets of a wealthy Obama donor

A wireless company profiting from the so-called “Obama phone” giveaway program is run by a prominent Democratic donor whose wife has raised more than $1.5 million for the president since 2007.

Ahhhhh.....crony capitalism in the age-old Chicago style!!!!

[GuyNTexas]

The criminality never ends with these charlatans, does it?

What a depraved bunch .... both the criminals and the public that supports them too

[fitzy24]

You certainly do a very good job of search. Freebacon.com?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by fitzy24

You certainly do a very good job of search. Freebacon.com?

Go look him up if you want to shout down the messenger. You think Huffpost would print an article like that ?

[Mr. Mon]

Originally Posted by jt800

Program to aid the poor is lining the pockets of a wealthy Obama donor


Ahhhhh.....crony capitalism in the age-old Chicago style!!!!

Don't you mean "BushPhones" since he started the program of subsidizing mobile phones for the poor? Or maybe, "ReaganPhones," since his administration started the whole program for land lines? Just who do you want to give credit to for this?

[pghquest]

Federal money spent on phones $1.6 billion in 2011
Cut out the $1.5B spent on the Obama family,

Thats $3.1B, or 2% of the federal deficit.

What else can we cut?

[HappyTexan]

And that guy in the OP link gets $10 per head from Uncle Sam for his "free phones".
His company has 3.8 million subscribers..you do the math.

[Jay F]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mon

Don't you mean "BushPhones" since he started the program of subsidizing mobile phones for the poor? Or maybe, "ReaganPhones," since his administration started the whole program for land lines? Just who do you want to give credit to for this?

If Romney is elected I hope there is only one kind of phone. A RomneyPhone, one that people work for and pay for.

My dream (which won't come true) is that not only would the ObamaPhone program be discontinued but that a government agent would come and personally collect ObamaPhones and smash them into pieces.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mon

Don't you mean "BushPhones" since he started the program of subsidizing mobile phones for the poor? Or maybe, "ReaganPhones," since his administration started the whole program for land lines? Just who do you want to give credit to for this?

The program switched over to cell phones in 2009. Before that it was landline only.
The program has ballooned since with heavy advertising.

There's a bill being proposed to go back to the landline. It's intent was to provide service in order to be able to dial 911 from home.

The FCC is proposing giving them smart phones and broadband service..cost is about $4 billion.
They are doing a pilot now of that.