re: Welfare Deadbeats have a better life then me and I work 65 hours/week

You work 65 hours a week and you spend the rest of your time angry?

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If you work 65 hours a week you should be making at least $500k

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So if you work a lot of hours you need to be making at least 150 dollars an hour or you are unproductive?

I own a very successful business in Destin. The little town that you fricks visit and destroy every year by littering. How many in this thread own your own business?

frick off with your nonsense.

All I am saying is that if you are on food stamps.. you get a free phone plan.

Because it pisses me off that I have to pay for my phone - just like every person in this country should

yea that's it

You really got me there. Damn, did you have to Google that remarkable comeback? I bet you spend a long time on Urban Directory trying to figure out that response.

#Impressed

I was defending your dumbass from an asinine statement someone else said


I think you need to calm down and take a breather.

Welfare has your jimmies too rustled.

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I own a very successful business in Destin.

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Deadbeat's not working are better off than a man that owns a successful business.

Okay fella.

This thread makes no sense

I would much rather go to work and pay my bills and not be trash and have disposable income without participating in illegal activities

You seem touchy about the vast aluminum empire you run. Did more kids bring bottles this year?

Took me 2 minutes to find that and post.

Those types of questions prompted the Federal Communication Commission to implement the Lifeline benefit program for income-eligible consumers in 1984. That program had two parts: Lifeline Assistance, which



provided discounts on basic monthly landline telephone service at the primary residence of qualified telephone subscribers, and Lifeline Link-Up, which provided discounts on the initial installation fee for landline telephone service at the primary residence of qualified telephone subscribers.

As cell phone usage has increased and cell phone service fees have dropped, the Lifeline program has been expanded to include wireless technology. Prepaid cell phone companies have spun off government-approved subsidiaries (such as Safelink Wireless, Assurance Wireless, and Reachout Wireless) to specialize in providing Lifelife-covered telephone services to qualifying participants.

From that basic framework, rumors like the ones encapsulated in the Examples cited above have circulated, claiming that "the Obama administration created a program to give free cell phones paid for by taxpayer money to welfare recipients." All the elements of such statements are erroneous or exaggerated:
The Lifeline program originated in 1984, during the administration of Ronald Reagan; it was expanded in 1996, during the administration of Bill Clinton; and its first cellular provider service (SafeLink Wireless) was launched by TracFone in 2008, during the administration of George W. Bush. All of these milestones were passed prior to the advent of the Obama administration.
The Lifeline program only covers monthly discounts on landline or wireless telephone service for eligible consumers. It does not pay cellular companies to provide free cell phones to consumers, although some cellular service providers choose to offer that benefit to their Lifeline customers.
Lifeline discounts are not available only to "welfare recipients" — these programs are implemented at both the state and federal levels, so qualification criteria can vary from state to state, but in general participants must have an income that is at or below 135% of the federal Poverty Guidelines, or take part in at least one of the following federal assistance programs:
Medicaid;
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps or SNAP);
Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8);
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF);
National School Lunch Program's Free Lunch Program;
Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance;
Tribally-Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TTANF);
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR);
Head Start (if income eligibility criteria are met); or
State assistance programs (if applicable).

The Lifeline program is not directly subsidized by taxpayer monies. It is paid for out of the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) through a fee assessed against telecommunications service providers, who may or may not pass those costs along to their customers: