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!