SPENDING OFF THE HOOK: FREE PHONES COSTING TAXPAYERS $2.1 BILLION PER YEAR

[mcurrier]

SPENDING OFF THE HOOK: FREE PHONES COSTING TAXPAYERS $2.1 BILLION PER YEAR

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/13/Spending-Off-the-Hook-Free-Phones-Costing-Taxpayers-2-1-Billion-Per-Year?

[10-Ring]

This is really stupid. Here is a news flash, a cell phone is not a necessity. Unlike most of our population I do not use a cell phone, much anyway. I don't get coverage at home or work or in between. I travel quite a bit in the winter and I have a prepaid phone that I use then. That way my cell phone usage is costing me $30 a month for 1 or 2 months as opposed to the $1200+" per year I was paying with Verizon. The last 4 months that I had Verizon I used less than 20 minutes each of those months, so I couldn't justify keeping a cell phone. The difference between myself and the free phone recipients though, just to be fair, is that I do have a landline at home. I think the point of the program is so people can use the phones to help them get jobs and what probably more government benefits. Admittedly it is hard to get a job without a phone number, but here is an idea... Visit a business where you would like to work. Fill out an application, turn it in and explain that you don't have a phone. Return every 3 days or so and ask the manager if he has looked at your application. If you will appear eager and ready to work it is probably entirely possible that they will hire you without having a telephone. All these government programs giving people this and that disgust me. I think it is Obama's way of rewarding his voters. Get a job, earn it, or do without!

Sorry I think I got into a rant there.

[UncleJak]

Rant away!!! I agree. There are exceptions, but I do not think this is a "need".