2.2 billion dollars on Obama phones.

[theGinsue]

If folks need phones (I don't remember telephones as one of the three human needs: food, clothing & shelter), they can get by in emergencies with land-lines. Mobile phones are nothing but a luxury & a convenience. And if they just must​ have a mobile phone, then it needs to be the most basic "Jitterbug" type of phone available. If I can get by without a smartphone, so can the entitlement class.

[muddywings]

If folks need phones (I don't remember telephones as one of the three human needs: food, clothing & shelter), they can get by in emergencies with land-lines. Mobile phones are nothing but a luxury & a convenience. And if they just must​ have a mobile phone, then it needs to be the most basic "Jitterbug" type of phone available. If I can get by without a smartphone, so can the entitlement class.

If I recall, that was the orginal intent of the program. Provide people in rural america phones so they can use it in an emergency. Then it morphed it that bloated waste of a program.

[theGinsue]

If I recall, that was the orginal intent of the program. Provide people in rural america phones so they can use it in an emergency. Then it morphed it that bloated waste of a program.

You are correct. But we all know you don't need 200+ minutes a month (per phone) for emergencies. More .gov liberalism buying off the entitlement class.

[speedysst]

You are correct. But we all know you don't need 200+ minutes a month (per phone) for emergencies. More .gov liberalism buying off the entitlement class.

Yes but according to some of them they need the phones to give the numbers to all the potential employers they meet with.

[Ronin13]

Yes but according to some of them they need the phones to give the numbers to all the potential employers they meet with.

That's a good one!

[StagLefty]

I hate cell phones so much I wouldn't take a free one even if I qualified for it.

[TS12000]

Cell phones with no service can still dial 911...just saying.

[hurley842002]

Cell phones with no service can still dial 911...just saying.

This... Been saying it forever!

[jerrymrc]

Other than people that do not have one I am sure I have the cheapest one around. Phone was $20 and I am on my second one in the 7 years I have had this #. I use it for travel and when I go out but with the roll over min and it came with double min I spend $80 per year for it.

$20 gets me a 60 min card that is 120 min and 3 months. I have to buy 4 per year. I currently have about 400 min on the phone. 40 min per month is more than enough but then they are not using it for emergency's now are they?

I bet they blow through there 200 min in a few days. Then they claim it was lost or stolen so they can get another one. As mentioned in the article it just needs to be scrapped and start over. In most places a slandered local land line is like $19 per month and that is what it needs to go back to IMO.

[TEAMRICO]

I see kids at the school I work for texting away on the Obama Phones.
The whole family gets one...for Emergencies.....like "Justin Bieber is soooooo cute" LOL!
Sad to see the US come to this.