whats so unclear about that?
You don't even have to read the whole thing extensively to stumble into the lifeline program:
Following that it was then the Obama Admin who actually fixed it..Lifeline was created in 1985 and expanded in 2008 during the Bush administration to include cell phone service. An FCC spokeswoman told PolitiFact in 2009 that the 1996 Telecommunications Act required the FCC to create the Universal Service Fund, a pool of money subsidized by small charges on phone bills and redistributed to low-income service programs, as well as programs that bring telecommunications services to rural areas and schools.
So there you have it... No truth twisting. and the grain of truth = in relation to the myth that says Obama gives everyone on welfare a free phone..In early 2012, the FCC implemented changes to Lifeline aimed at modernizing the program and eliminating fraud and waste. One goal: ensuring availability of broadband for all low-income Americans.
Sir Robin, the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot.
Who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor.
Who had almost stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol.
And who had personally wet himself, at the Battle of Badon Hill.
Really:
Just going to start at 1900 and list them all. (many of these where not official by the US government but many where paid for by US Business ventures)
1908 Venezuela
1910 Portugal
1917 Costa Rica
1920 Russia
1921 Iran
1922 Italy
1923 Spain
1930 Argentina
1932 Thailand, Chile
1933 Uruguay, USA (failed)
1934 Germany
1936 China
(WW2 lots of stuff, Iran, Iraq, Bolivia, British Palestine, All of North Africa, Most of Asia, All of South America)
Cold War :
Not going to bother listing by year but by nation because the US would change out dictators every few years.
Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Bolivia, Columbia, Cuba, Vietnam, Mexico, Pakistan, Laos, Cambodia, Guatemala, Panama, Chile,... basically any nation that was able to help America place the Stop communism game.
Much of the reason the Arabs Hate American and Israel has to do with the cold war dictators we put in power. Oh and when the cold war ended, we kept doing it. In fact we haven't stopped.
So your saying the "Our ruling" is inaccurate?
Internet chatter claiming that Obama gave cell phones to welfare recipients contained a tiny grain of truth: The federal government does have a program to subsidize phone service for low-income people. That program, though, existed long before Obama became president.
So obama is president and people on welfare/low income qualify for a free cell phone but the original statement only contains a tiny grain of truth? Just saying, if they cant understand this they really shouldnt be checking facts.
Theoretical question...
To my knowledge, every military base of the USA is Federal Property.
Now, if in theory Texas would break free.. All federal property within Texas could be simply destroyed by the US military. I doubt that they would just abandon the bases..
And when I think of it... Texas oil.... I don't know that now either, but I can see that there's a high possibility of oil lands that are property of the USA and not state, or privately owned.
Sign this petition to Keep the UNITED STATES united and remove Washington D.C. from the United states.
http://wh.gov/XgYu
None of the big cities in Texas would want to leave the union. Austin would certainly fight it. Maybe they could break off southwest but well over half the state wouldn't go for it. People don't realize that over 25 million people live in this state so a few backwoods rednecks and people who don't like the state but live somewhere else signing a petition means nothing.
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I believe he is asking the very thing the Obama admin did, by giving the states that asked more control of how to distribute welfare and low income programs, under the permission to decrease the numbers of recipients. You know that thing, the Romney camp twisted around, claiming Obama gives out more welfare, by lowering the requirements.
You should at least have to go to a couple interviews proving your actually trying to gain employment. There is no reason for these people to ever go to work, they will make the same amount of money for not going to work.
"claiming Obama gives out more welfare, by lowering the requirements. "
47 million now on welfare (way up) and he did lower the requirements with no requirements...
You can't have it both ways. Believing that there are so few jobs people have given up looking for work and thinking people are too lazy to find work are incongruent. You can't be too lazy to find something that is supposedly not there for those who are looking.
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What do you think the unemployment rate is? Is this due to Obama costing us jobs or due to Obama making people not look for jobs?
There isnt a both ways in this situation. You dont have to have a job, you just have to go on a couple interviews every month.
Allowing people to just stop looking for work benefits our society how?