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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Warning: This Will Get Your Blood Boiling

We've all heard about the free Obama phones. A friend was recently looking for a part-time work and found this listing on Craig's List [note: the "DMV" refers to DC, Maryland, Virginia]:

Street Teams & Leaders Earn $500-$2000 A Week (DMV Area)
Thank You for responding to our ad. Let us reassure you that if you are looking for an exciting opportunity you have found it here. We are a major telecommunications provider who has been tasked with the distribution of the FREE LIFELINE government cell phone program.

What is it?
This is a federally funded program that gives people a FREE cell phone and 250 minutes of talk/1000 texts a month, free too. The customer does not pay anything for the phone or the minutes program. You would sign up these individuals using an Android cell phone or tablet as well as an iPad and receive a commission on qualified applicants. The sign-up process takes about 3-4 minutes for each application.

When can I do this?
One of the fantastic opportunities about this job is that you can do it anytime you want. This position is available part time as well as full time. It could be great for moms when the kids are at school, or someone who wants to make extra money. However for the person who is extremely motivated and wants to make real money the full-time opportunity is here right now.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

And Obama is fighting spending cuts? Have we totally lost it in this Country? These phones were being given away long before the last election, yet he was voted back in.

Anonymous said...

Yup. Boiling.
Obama is a smudge in my underwear.

Anonymous said...

Not just anyone can get the free phone, you have to be already on welfare or food stamps.

Anonymous said...

The first free cell phones were given away during the Bush adminstration. :)

Anonymous said...

In 2008 the first application of this program for mobile phones began when a company called Tracfone started their Safelink Wireless service in Tennessee.
Aha, some say, that’s the same year Obama was elected! Well, that’s true. But the service in Tennessee was launched three months prior to Obama being elected. And that means the discussion and approval of the extension of the program occurred under President Bush’s watch.

The Bush Phone, anyone?

Anonymous said...

You are incorrect and your info inaccurate 3:36. The actual program of free phone (landlines) to qualifying low income households was started in the
80's. It is called Lifeline Assistance. In 2008 it was realized that the declining costs of cell phones and service made cell implimentation more cost effective. So the move was made to save costs not at all for "a discussion and approval of the extension" which it totally and factually incorrect.
It was under Obama's Food Assistance Programs that this program was expanded. Since these other entitlement programs were exapanded under Obama the free cell phone program has increased 43%. That's almost double under Obama's watch since the program was first implimented in the early
80's. Try all you like but in not anyone's stretch of the imagination can you Blame Bush for this one-LOL! It doesn't work around here-we are way more informed.

Anonymous said...

3:36 says-
"The Bush Phone, anyone?

Not quite. This program was around way before Bush but did explode from a 700 million dollar progam to more than a billion dollar program under obama. It's original intent was so unemployed persons had a phone to help with job searching but obama expanded it to include just about anyone receiving any kind of welfare benefit.
So let's try this again-The Obama Phone anyone?

Anonymous said...

Actually it started with Woodrow Wilson to be exact. There has been a separate line on the phone bill which is the Universal Service Charge. It basically was you paying for your neighbors" phone. Some things never change.

Anonymous said...

Its a government phone. I wouldn't want one .

Obama Government Motors said...

Did I hear BLAME BUSH AGAIN? What year is this? What Facts? I cant hear ya, I got 2 Obama Phones stuck in my ears!

Anonymous said...

“Obama Phones” are actually a creation Ronald Reagan, who began the program in 1984.

Actually called the “Lifeline program,” the legislation permits some households to receive a free landline under Congress’s rationale that "telephone service provides a vital link to emergency services, government services and surrounding communities."

Anonymous said...

7:59 And then it got abused by the Obamanites, imagine that.