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Post by propagandist on Apr 24, 2013 17:48:47 GMT -7
Do tell -- how would a person either unable to afford a phone and a contract or without a car be able to quickly and easily handle basic and emergency functions without assistance in getting a phone? Prayer? Clean livin'? Without a phone, one is disconnected from the least of the electronic means to make necessary connections given the speed with which we transact business in the United States today. Without a phone, one has almost zero chance of getting and keeping a job that is any further from home than quick walking distance. What are you begrudging? That you are not happy with your lot in life? My grandmother said a phone was a luxury, but electric lights and gas cooking was a godsend. To keep the right wing dog whistles down, let's all go back to splitting stove wood and making our own candles.
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Post by keystroker on Apr 25, 2013 3:49:07 GMT -7
Candles? No, we can't allow candles. Children might use the light to read books after dark. You're just inviting sin right in.
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Post by Conservative Listillo on Apr 26, 2013 14:14:30 GMT -7
Let's discuss. It was originally said that the program was to make sure that financially challenged persons in this country could get emergency assistance (E-911). If that were true, why are there usable unrestricted minutes? What I'm getting at, is if I took my old Blackberry Pearl which I retired almost 3 years ago, charged it up and dialed 911, that call would go through. It wouldn't make any other calls, but 911 works. How many phones are discarded every day that make this free call? What did I miss? That is not the original purpose of the program. OK, I give up. Free phones are good. Next thing you know they'll want free condoms.
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Post by propagandist on Apr 28, 2013 16:27:56 GMT -7
That is not the original purpose of the program. OK, I give up. Free phones are good. Next thing you know they'll want free condoms. God forbid if the poor ever think they deserve indoor plumbing with flush toilets! We won't be able to smell them coming.
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