Second, the many people who also receive this benefit, which helps them out greatly, are also the senior citizens and the disabled, who because of that reason, fall in the low income bracket.

Please note that everyone who falls into the low income bracket are not all lazy, irresponsible people, but educated, responsible and once upon a time, very hard workers holding down jobs and/or careers in our society.

People shouldn’t be so quick to judge other people in general, when you don’t really know their circumstances and why they might need the assistance. Just saying!

I think they’re talking about land lines.

Regardless, it isn’t really a necessity, if one defines a necessity as something which you die if you don’t have.

Every now and then, though, that definition applies. You may die if you can’t call for an ambulance, fire suppression, law enforcement protection.

My understanding is that the cell phone concept is that people seeking jobs can’t find them if they don’t have some way for prospective employers to reach them. Therefore, having a cell phone available may reduce unemployment.

(In practice, it often means some people have phone service for the first few days after the first of the month after which they’ve used up all their minutes until the next month. It is still handy for 911 calls, which, again, may save a life.)

Don’t worry about it, the Chinese are loaning us the money to finance these programs too if the fees the rest of us pay don‘t cover it. This is extremely generous of them since over a billion of them have less than the poorest in this country do.

David for appreciation