Sep 292012
A Leviathan Ankle-Biter Award goes to anyone who says this: “Thank you for my free government phone! I’m using it to call all my friends to ask them to vote for Romney.”
The video of an Obama supporter bragging about having an “Obama phone” has gone viral on the web, but where do these “free cell phones” come from?
The program is called Lifeline, established in 1984, originally created to subsidize landline phone service for low income Americans, funded by government-collected telecommunication fees, paid by consumers.
via Where do “Obama phones” come from? | WashingtonExaminer.com.