Milo:
The Lifeline Program, known colloquially as “Obamaphone,” is teeming with fraud, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GOA).
The report, as cited by The Washington Times, states that 36% of the 10.6 million people using the service may not actually qualify for it – a fact investigators discovered after sampling the population and discovering that a good number of people couldn’t actually prove their eligibility upon a second review.
“More than 5,500 people were found to be enrolled for two phones, while the program was paying for nearly 6,400 phones for persons the government has listed as having died,” The Washington Times reports.
Color me shocked! (NOT)
I remember seeing videos of people going “undercover” to show how easy it was to get multiple obamaphones. Now, what are they going to do–absolutely nothing.
The same ineligible 3.8 Million voted for Hilary.
And Obama. Twice.
I watched the companies put up
tents next to liquor stores to
push those freebie phones.
All I could do was shake my head
in disbelief.
Of course the program is rife with fraud – it’s got the word “obama” in it. duh
Audit and publish the results by city and remove or deactivate the phones or just stop paying for them. Let Carlos Slim turn them off.
¡Mah legacy¡
They’ve already achieved their purpose. Votes purchased.
I always wondered how many drug deals were made on these Obamaphones
Every comment pure gold, thanks fellow mad fur hatters.
Free phones, free internet. What’s next? Free healthcare and free school? How about bailing out subprime loans so anyone can afford all the things?
Oh, wait…
They were supposed to use them to FIND A JOB. Let’s pull up a sampling of their text and phone history and see how productive they have been over the years. . .
An elderly lady at my Church who qualified received one. It’s junk.
She gets 200 minutes a month. The phone is an old style Clamshell, circa 2002. Made in China.
There’s no Internet capability. It’s not a smart phone. It just dials.
She says her AARP budget phone is a much better deal.
Typical Fed program. Incredibly overpriced and delivering almost zero value to those “in need”. As always, a private group like AARP does it better and cheaper.
no one should qualify for a free government phone.
Rufus – Yeah, just like everything else that Asshole foisted on America the Obamaphone gives half the service at twice the price!
I wonder what it really winds up costing us for that?
Because the Marxist Muzlim Mallard was behind it, it probably costs 10 times as much! Remember Cash for Clunkers? I think they wound up paying something like 24 grand a car.
Really?
So if the govt. buys a phone and pays for the service, is there a legal question about tracking its use and GPS coordinates? I would rather do without.
Carlos Slim is one of the wealthiest,kickbacks dont cha know.
Over 6000 phones for deceased people.
Telephone polling before the 2016 election showed a win by Hillary.
Coincidence?