Yep, and any phone will call 911, so if they just want that, don't pay
for their monthly plan.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
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Wallace, ks.
On Sun, 23 Jun 2013, Harvey Heagy wrote:
> One difference between the phones given to victims of domestic violence and
> those given to the so-called poor is that those phones can only call 911,
> while the ones given away on this Track program while limited in features
> and time can do a certain amount of calling. Granted, there is abuse of
> most government programs, but when it is found, the people responsible
> should lose those privileges. You don't solve anything by just making
> things legal that are illegal.
> Harvey
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 6:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Obama phones and the FCC
>
>
>> Why is it that when any project supported by our president is disliked by
>> somebody, they give it his name as a sign of disrespect?
>>
>> Their is always a sense of jealousy when anybody gets something for free
>> that we had to pay for with our hard earned money. On the other hand, our
>> relationship to a phone has changed so drastically, that the need for
>> access
>> makes some abuse tolerable. For example, any cell phone, as long as it
>> has
>> a charge will call 911. The domestic violence centers therefore give them
>> to potential victims of domestic violence, so that the people will have
>> another option to increase their safety. The entire HMO based Health care
>> system runs on the assumption of being able to communicate with patients
>> by
>> phone. Obviously, when a person is homeless, a land based phone line
>> isn't
>> very useful. With no installation costs, a cell phone becomes the most
>> cost
>> effective way of providing a communications option for citizens who live
>> in
>> poverty. Remember, the phones are limited in features and time. Are some
>> sold for drugs? Probably. Would you rather that those people stole your
>> stuff to sell for drugs? How about selling their children for drugs? As
>> long as their are actively consuming drugs, and as long as they have
>> become
>> addicted to those drugs. They will do what ever is necessary to obtain
>> the
>> drugs. Better that they have a phone to arrange for drug treatment
>> through
>> their HMO's if and when they choose to.
>>
>> If one person does that every month, doesn't that make the investment
>> worth
>> it? How about the people that call the nurse rather than charge off in
>> panic for the unnecessary $200 emergency room visit? You can pay for a
>> lot
>> of phones with the cost savings there.
>>
>> Are we, the consumers of our wonderful NLS going to complain that somebody
>> else is getting something that we are not getting? Of all people I don't
>> think we want to bark up that tree. How many of us paid for our entire
>> educations, paid for every dime of our adaptive technology? Never used
>> subsidized public transportation? Drove on a road that we paid for? Oh
>> and
>> bought only unsubsidized farm products. Everybody pays for some things
>> while they are using other things.
>>
>> No president is perfectly right and no president is perfectly wrong. also
>> no president is all powerful. The executive branch is 1/3 of the
>> government.
>
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