Originally Posted by Capt James T:
Originally Posted by seeweed:
I have come to the conclusion from observation of post on this forum, that most of the people ranting about these "programs" are probably somewhat jealous that somebody is getting something that they are not. (and probably that the person getting that thing is black)
Thats a very interesting conclusion. This sounds a lot like a race card being played. Someone doesnt like their (read that MY) money being wasted makes that person racists and jealous? That says more about you than anyone else.
I can tell you that wasting my money is not limited to race or political affiliation. I have a member of my close family that has one of these phones and doesnt need it. She qualifies for it, but is disabled and does not need a cell phone (she lived with a house phone for years without the need for a cell phone). You know why she has it? Because she qualified and saw that it was available on one of those commercials. Dont think, for one minute, that I havent said these same things to her. Wasting MY money.
No, it is not a 'tax', I think I said that earlier. But it might as well be. How would you feel about the government saying you need to pay $.25 more a gallon so that they can give away free gas to people that cant afford it? Like I said, walks like a duck, talks like a duck.
And I also dont remember blaming this on Obama either......
Well, I never said that you blamed it on Obama, only an idiot would do that since it is a program started by Reagan and made cell phone by Bush2 , and I certainly don't consider you an idiot. (If I did , like I do Jobe and Crusader, I would just put you on block). However, it does seem that Obama's administration is making some effort to curtail fraud in the program, which I would think we all should be happy about.
I also said earlier, that while I do see some merit in this program, I would just as soon it be ended.
MY POINT IS , as is demonstrated by this thread we are now on; I started this thread about the Obama admin catching a large company , the Scooter Store, running a sham that has cost us about $100M (that we know of). My last post was of government give-a-ways to large corporations amounting to billions of wasted tax dollars, yet, this one little thing about cell phones seems to stick in the craw of a lot of people as evidence that it has received so many post, and I am kinda amazed that none of you seem to give a damm about all the corporate welfare that is what is reallly soaking our wealth, but worry to obsession about people getting some limited amt of free phone service. If it is not a result of being able to point to someone who you don't think deserves to get that service instead of the more abstract concept of being ripped off by large corporations, then , yes, I stand by my last post.