Recently we were told about a free cell phone that was being given out by the U.S. government to people below the poverty level, or for people on food stamps, and we thought that was wrong. (It just seemed that giving someone free phone minutes every month is a waste of money.) After doing a bit of research we have changed our minds.
We assumed the money for this program was coming out of the tax payers pocket and thought they might be a little bit miffed about it. But it seems the money for this program has been paid for by we citizens since 1934. The U.S. government and the phone companies got together in 1934 and added a fee to any company phone services. All the phone companies have been taking this money since 1934 and using the funds to extend phone lines to remote farm lands and back country areas. But since the United States is almost entirely covered by cellular service the government decided that it would be cheaper to simply give cellular phones to these people rather than build phone lines. And they will give 200 free minutes a month to all users. The phone you receive will be a basic cell phone, with no extra add ons, No camera, no free texting, no email. Simply a phone for use when required and of course for emergencies. There will certainly be some people who will abuse this offer, (although the application seems to have a lot of safe guards) Anyway just a quick note see if we can appease the far right a bit. (Not likely)
Ciao for now.
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