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dlmjr

Jun 18, 2012, 11:05 AM
I wonder how much Sprint/VirginMobile/Assurance gets for each person they sign up for this free service.
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acdc1a

Jun 18, 2012, 2:54 PM
It's tax dollars so I'm sure it's much more than it should be.

My question is why someone who can afford $20 for 1,000 minutes would qualify for this service at all. For $20 you get 400 minutes at Virgin and for $30 you can get 1,500. Sounds to me like many on this program don't need the subsidy at all.
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dlmjr

Jun 18, 2012, 5:45 PM
It isn't funds from general taxes, but from funds generated by fees mandated on phone suscribers by the FCC and Congress
If you look at your detailed bill there are some mandated fees, one of them, can't remember which, is part of the funding for these actions
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Tofuchong

Jun 18, 2012, 6:24 PM
I think that would be like the CA High Cost Fund. I know that not every state has these taxes, they'd only be on your bill if they apply in your state.
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acdc1a

Jun 19, 2012, 8:48 AM
Fees that are mandated by any government ARE taxes.

🙄 🙄

Kids these days!
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dlmjr

Jun 19, 2012, 10:55 AM
I was being sort of polite.
When you say 'taxes' the assumption is the money comes from the general revenue of the Fed.

This is another case of social engineering via 'user fees' and the user fees don't get counted into the taxation equation.

"Everyone deserves a cell phone and by God we will make some of them pay for the others right to have one"

For some reason, this country apparently was on a down hill slide since 1776 and without everyone having cellular communications, we were going to collapse into anarchy.

Congress and the FCC fixed it.
Praise be.
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