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The Obama campaign is not pleased with an Obama supporter’s claim that the president gave her a free “Obama phone.”
The campaign’s “Truth Team” denounced the idea of an “Obama phone” yesterday, posting a message on Twitter in an effort to set the record straight.
“FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, ‘the President has nothing to do with it,’” the message read.
As I noted yesterday, the government program is called Lifeline originally created to subsidize land line phone service for low income Americans. The program is funded by government-collected telecommunication fees, paid by consumers. In 2008, the program was expanded to support cell phones which quickly escalated the cost of the program.
The campaign’s “Truth Team” denounced the idea of an “Obama phone” yesterday, posting a message on Twitter in an effort to set the record straight.
“FACT: Discounted phone services are provided through telecom companies, ‘the President has nothing to do with it,’” the message read.
As I noted yesterday, the government program is called Lifeline originally created to subsidize land line phone service for low income Americans. The program is funded by government-collected telecommunication fees, paid by consumers. In 2008, the program was expanded to support cell phones which quickly escalated the cost of the program.
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