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TxLobo wrote:well....

Rubio sets the record straight on The Laura Ingraham Show

http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/inde ... 4d8ac31611" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Really, sounded like a bunch of nonsense to me. The first problem is the idea that the Federal government has any Constitutionally granted authority to give people cell phones. Why not give people guns too, since the police won't be able to get there in time? How about cars, since it might take an ambulance too long to respond? I say baloney to using tax dollars to give people phones they aren't willing to buy with their own money. Second, the Bill language does not limit the program to US citizens.

A-R wrote:Where does it say the phones are for illegals, even amnestied illegals?

It doesn't, nor would I expect it to, since just about every Bill is written to obfuscate its true purpose. How long has it been since anything Congress passed was honest and straightforward? It says this:

he or she....

regularly resides or works in the Southwest Border region;

(B) is at greater risk of border violence due to the lack of cellular service at his or her residence or business and his or her proximity to the Southern border.

1. Resides or works in the border region. So, they don't have to work.
2. It says an "an individual is eligible" --there is no requirement that such person be a US citizen

So, who is this going to apply to? Obviously it's not intended to apply to people who have cell phones already. If the person is a US citizen he can get an Obamaphone. Seems to me "Illegal" is the only category left.

Ooops, I mean to say "undocumented Democrats."

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... arcoPhones

“Move over ‘Obama phone,’ we present the new ‘Hola, Como Estas?!’ MarcoPhone,” Manjarres wrote on Wednesday morning.

Rubio spokesman Alex Conant did not return a request for comment from Breitbart News.

Interestingly, Tracphone, a company that will likely benefit from this type of government program, is based in Rubio’s Miami, Florida.