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The Obama Phone?

Q: Has the Obama administration started a program to use "taxpayer money" to give free cell phones to welfare recipients? A: No. Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it. Click to Read the Full Post Read More →

Posted by Justin Bank on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:23 pm
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