Democrat 2024 Dream Team.

[Rustic]

Cortez/Elmo

There was no such thing as an Obama phone.

What's True
A federal program subsidizes providers who supply telephone services to low-income consumers.

What's False
The Obama administration did not create a program to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.

• 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:

FACT CHECK: ObamaPhones

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

That crazy women disagrees with you

Well the truth desn't.

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings, including being able to connect to jobs, family and emergency services. Lifeline is part of the Universal Service Fund. The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on Tribal lands.

The Lifeline program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). USAC is responsible for data collection and maintenance, support calculation, and disbursement for the low-income program. USAC’s website provides information regarding administrative aspects of the low-income program, as well as program requirements.

On March 31, 2016, the Commission adopted a comprehensive reform and modernization of the Lifeline program. In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program. The Commission also set out minimum service standards for Lifeline-supported services to ensure maximum value for the universal service dollar, and established a National Eligibility Verifier to make independent subscriber eligibility determinations.

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

What a fucking waste of money...

 

[IM2]

Democrats are known for running candidates when it is not their turn and winning

JFK, Carter, Clinton, Obama

I don’t think he would be able to beat Trump. He would be depicted as too young and inexperienced for prime time. What’s his claim to fame? That he lost a Senate race? That’s not a tailwind I would run on.

A far more plausible scenario is that he is a vice presidential candidate on a ticket with someone like Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren

When has that mattered in recent politics?
We have not had a qualified president since Bush41

Beto is likeable and Trump is an asshole

Lol
Likeable... only if you like socialists crawling up your ass....

You don't know what socialism is.

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

 

[IM2]

Cortez/Elmo

There was no such thing as an Obama phone.

What's True
A federal program subsidizes providers who supply telephone services to low-income consumers.

What's False
The Obama administration did not create a program to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.

• 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:

FACT CHECK: ObamaPhones

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

That crazy women disagrees with you

Well the truth desn't.

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings, including being able to connect to jobs, family and emergency services. Lifeline is part of the Universal Service Fund. The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on Tribal lands.

The Lifeline program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). USAC is responsible for data collection and maintenance, support calculation, and disbursement for the low-income program. USAC’s website provides information regarding administrative aspects of the low-income program, as well as program requirements.

On March 31, 2016, the Commission adopted a comprehensive reform and modernization of the Lifeline program. In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program. The Commission also set out minimum service standards for Lifeline-supported services to ensure maximum value for the universal service dollar, and established a National Eligibility Verifier to make independent subscriber eligibility determinations.

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

What a fucking waste of money...

According to who?

 

[Rustic]

I don’t think he would be able to beat Trump. He would be depicted as too young and inexperienced for prime time. What’s his claim to fame? That he lost a Senate race? That’s not a tailwind I would run on.

A far more plausible scenario is that he is a vice presidential candidate on a ticket with someone like Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren

When has that mattered in recent politics?
We have not had a qualified president since Bush41

Beto is likeable and Trump is an asshole

Lol
Likeable... only if you like socialists crawling up your ass....

You don't know what socialism is.

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

Actually Socialism has failed 100% of the time long-term in all of the history of civilizations.
But you keep on believing “this time” it’s going to work... lol

 

[Rustic]

There was no such thing as an Obama phone.

What's True
A federal program subsidizes providers who supply telephone services to low-income consumers.

What's False
The Obama administration did not create a program to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.

• 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:

FACT CHECK: ObamaPhones

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

That crazy women disagrees with you

Well the truth desn't.

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings, including being able to connect to jobs, family and emergency services. Lifeline is part of the Universal Service Fund. The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on Tribal lands.

The Lifeline program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). USAC is responsible for data collection and maintenance, support calculation, and disbursement for the low-income program. USAC’s website provides information regarding administrative aspects of the low-income program, as well as program requirements.

On March 31, 2016, the Commission adopted a comprehensive reform and modernization of the Lifeline program. In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program. The Commission also set out minimum service standards for Lifeline-supported services to ensure maximum value for the universal service dollar, and established a National Eligibility Verifier to make independent subscriber eligibility determinations.

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

What a fucking waste of money...

According to who?

The people that are actually forced to pay for other peoples shit... lol

 

[P@triot]

Putin will not be able to ram Trump through this time

That’s true. Despite his best efforts, he wasn’t able to “ram” Hitlery Clinton through in 2016. How dumb were you people to run her?

Crooked Donnie is still paying off

And Crooked Hitlery is still sitting at home...

 

[IM2]

When has that mattered in recent politics?
We have not had a qualified president since Bush41

Beto is likeable and Trump is an asshole

Lol
Likeable... only if you like socialists crawling up your ass....

You don't know what socialism is.

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

Actually Socialism has failed 100% of the time long-term and all of the history of civilizations.
But you keep on believing “this time” it’s going to work... lol

Actually that is incorrect. What has failed is giving tax cuts to the very rich believing the extra money will trickle down. But you keep believing "this time'' it's going to work.

 

[Rustic]

Lol
Likeable... only if you like socialists crawling up your ass....

You don't know what socialism is.

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

Actually Socialism has failed 100% of the time long-term and all of the history of civilizations.
But you keep on believing “this time” it’s going to work... lol

Actually that is incorrect. What has failed is giving tax cuts to the very rich believing the extra money will trickle down. But you keep believing "this time'' it's going to work.

Tax money never goes to the average American... It stays in Career politicians pockets.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Putin will not be able to ram Trump through this time

Cortez/Elmo

There was no such thing as an Obama phone.

What's True
A federal program subsidizes providers who supply telephone services to low-income consumers.

What's False
The Obama administration did not create a program to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.

• 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:

FACT CHECK: ObamaPhones

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

It will always be called the obama phone, once a name sticks , huh Pocahontas lover boy?


.

 

[IM2]

There was no such thing as an Obama phone.

What's True
A federal program subsidizes providers who supply telephone services to low-income consumers.

What's False
The Obama administration did not create a program to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.

• 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:

FACT CHECK: ObamaPhones

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

That crazy women disagrees with you

Well the truth doesn't.

Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings, including being able to connect to jobs, family and emergency services. Lifeline is part of the Universal Service Fund. The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on Tribal lands.

The Lifeline program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). USAC is responsible for data collection and maintenance, support calculation, and disbursement for the low-income program. USAC’s website provides information regarding administrative aspects of the low-income program, as well as program requirements.

On March 31, 2016, the Commission adopted a comprehensive reform and modernization of the Lifeline program. In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program. The Commission also set out minimum service standards for Lifeline-supported services to ensure maximum value for the universal service dollar, and established a National Eligibility Verifier to make independent subscriber eligibility determinations.

Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers

What a fucking waste of money...

According to who?

The people that are actually forced to pay for other peoples shit... lol

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:

Universal service is the principle that all Americans should have access to communications services. Universal service is also the name of a fund and the category of FCC programs and policies to implement this principle. Universal service is a cornerstone of the law that established the FCC, the Communications Act of 1934. Since that time, universal service policies have helped make telephone service ubiquitous, even in remote rural areas. Today, the FCC recognizes high-speed Internet as the 21st Century’s essential communications technology, and is working to make broadband as ubiquitous as voice, while continuing to support voice service.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the traditional goal of universal service to include increased access to both telecommunications and advanced services – such as high-speed Internet – for all consumers at just, reasonable and affordable rates. The Act established principles for universal service that specifically focused on increasing access to evolving services for consumers living in rural and insular areas, and for consumers with low-incomes. Additional principles called for increased access to high-speed Internet in the nation’s schools, libraries and rural health care facilities. The FCC established four programs within the Universal Service Fund to implement the statute. The four programs are:

• Connect America Fund (formally known as High-Cost Support) for rural areas
• Lifeline (for low-income consumers), including initiatives to expand phone service for residents of Tribal lands
• Schools and Libraries (E-rate)
• Rural Health Care

The Universal Service Fund is paid for by contributions from providers of telecommunications based of an assessment on their interstate and internation end-user revenues. Examples of entities that contribute to the Fund are telecommunications carriers, including wireline and wireless companies, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, including cable companies that provide voice service. The Universal Service Administrative Company, or USAC, administers the four programs and collects monies for the Universal Service Fund under the direction of the FCC. The FCC’s annual monitoring report tracks contributions and disbursements.

The FCC is reforming, streamlining, and modernizing all of its universal service programs to drive further investment in and access to 21st century broadband and voice services. These efforts are focused on targeting support for broadband expansion and adoption as well as improving efficiency and eliminating waste in the programs.

Universal Service

 

[Wyatt earp]

Lol
Likeable... only if you like socialists crawling up your ass....

You don't know what socialism is.

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

Actually Socialism has failed 100% of the time long-term and all of the history of civilizations.
But you keep on believing “this time” it’s going to work... lol

Actually that is incorrect. What has failed is giving tax cuts to the very rich believing the extra money will trickle down. But you keep believing "this time'' it's going to work.

It has worked, unemployment is @ 4%


.

 

[jasonnfree]

Cortez: OK,OK, its my turn! OK,,,,I will take "Very Stupid Democrats" for 500 dollars"

OCA is young, attractive, intelligent, got her b.a. in economics while working to help her family. She's also bilingual which is probably a negative factor for most of you republicans on this thread who are pretty much racist. Nice success story and role model this young lady is.

 

[IM2]

You don't know what socialism is.

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

Actually Socialism has failed 100% of the time long-term and all of the history of civilizations.
But you keep on believing “this time” it’s going to work... lol

Actually that is incorrect. What has failed is giving tax cuts to the very rich believing the extra money will trickle down. But you keep believing "this time'' it's going to work.

Tax money never goes to the average American... It stays in Career politicians pockets.

Yawn! The standard conservative "woe is me, I'm a victim", whine.

 

[Rustic]

Cortez: OK,OK, its my turn! OK,,,,I will take "Very Stupid Democrats" for 500 dollars"

OCA is young, attractive, intelligent, got her b.a. in economics while working to help her family. She's also bilingual which is probably a negative factor for most of you republicans on this thread who are pretty much racist. Nice success story and role model this young lady is.

Lol
Do you have an crush on crazy eyes?

 

[Rustic]

It has 100% failure rate long term... That is all that matters

Actually that is incorrect. But you don't know what socialism is and you just repeat what you hear.

Actually Socialism has failed 100% of the time long-term and all of the history of civilizations.
But you keep on believing “this time” it’s going to work... lol

Actually that is incorrect. What has failed is giving tax cuts to the very rich believing the extra money will trickle down. But you keep believing "this time'' it's going to work.

Tax money never goes to the average American... It stays in Career politicians pockets.

Yawn! The standard conservative "woe is me, I'm a victim", whine.

Na, not really

 

[Thinker101]

Cortez: OK,OK, its my turn! OK,,,,I will take "Very Stupid Democrats" for 500 dollars"

OCA is young, attractive, intelligent, got her b.a. in economics while working to help her family. She's also bilingual which is probably a negative factor for most of you republicans on this thread who are pretty much racist. Nice success story and role model this young lady is.

Sure, then why does she say the stupidest things?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I doubt he’ll run and he certainly won’t get the nomination if he does.

I beg to differ

The field is wide open with most of the leading Democrats in their 70s

Beto will follow the Obama model as a young, dynamic, charismatic alternative

It’s not his turn. That’s what the super delegates are for

Democrats are known for running candidates when it is not their turn and winning

JFK, Carter, Clinton, Obama

I don’t think he would be able to beat Trump. He would be depicted as too young and inexperienced for prime time. What’s his claim to fame? That he lost a Senate race? That’s not a tailwind I would run on.

A far more plausible scenario is that he is a vice presidential candidate on a ticket with someone like Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren

When has that mattered in recent politics?
We have not had a qualified president since Bush41

Beto is likeable and Trump is an asshole

Jake Tapper on Twitter

 

[IM2]

Cortez: OK,OK, its my turn! OK,,,,I will take "Very Stupid Democrats" for 500 dollars"

OCA is young, attractive, intelligent, got her b.a. in economics while working to help her family. She's also bilingual which is probably a negative factor for most of you republicans on this thread who are pretty much racist. Nice success story and role model this young lady is.

Lol
Do you have an crush on crazy eyes?

You are obsessed with her.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I doubt he’ll run and he certainly won’t get the nomination if he does.

I beg to differ

The field is wide open with most of the leading Democrats in their 70s

Beto will follow the Obama model as a young, dynamic, charismatic alternative

It’s not his turn. That’s what the super delegates are for

Democrats are known for running candidates when it is not their turn and winning

JFK, Carter, Clinton, Obama

I don’t think he would be able to beat Trump. He would be depicted as too young and inexperienced for prime time. What’s his claim to fame? That he lost a Senate race? That’s not a tailwind I would run on.

A far more plausible scenario is that he is a vice presidential candidate on a ticket with someone like Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren

O'Rourke would embarrass Trump. He happens to be a 2 time elected US representative.

Yeah, in a heavily democratic district that he can’t lose. Big whoop. He and tens of thousands of others before him and hundreds right now

 

[IM2]

Cortez: OK,OK, its my turn! OK,,,,I will take "Very Stupid Democrats" for 500 dollars"

OCA is young, attractive, intelligent, got her b.a. in economics while working to help her family. She's also bilingual which is probably a negative factor for most of you republicans on this thread who are pretty much racist. Nice success story and role model this young lady is.

Sure, then why does she say the stupidest things?

Like the 6,400 plus lies Trump has told?