Politicians, political operatives and members of the media came close to outnumbering attendees at a much-hyped Columbia, S.C. Tea Party rally starring U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday.
Only 300 people (including a horde of Palmetto political operatives) attended the event in downtown Columbia, S.C. – which is a generous estimate in our book. That attendance figure – confirmed by other media outlets – amounts to less than one-tenth the size of multiple crowds that have gathered at the S.C. State House in recent years in support of parental choice.
It’s also roughly a tenth the size of the crowd that attended this same event in 2009.
In her remarks, Bachmann pledged that she would vote against raising the nation’s debt ceiling – an issue that other “Republicans’ in Washington, D.C. appear to be caving on in recent days.
Bachmann also referred to Obama as “Wall Street’s best friend,” a rather odd sound bite for this particular crowd.
Prior to speaking at the event, Bachmann – who is considering running for president in 2012 – met privately with Haley in the governor’s office. She also met privately with the state’s preeminent fiscal conservative, S.C. Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) and State Treasurer Curtis Loftis – both of whom also spoke at the event.
Bachmann and Davis also appeared together at a Tea Party rally in Bluffton, S.C. on Saturday.
Anyway, keep refreshing this page for a full report on the gathering (and a few photos) …
UPDATE: From her official YouTube page, here is a video of Haley’s speech. In her remarks, she praises the Tea Party for its role in passing a new recorded voting law in South Carolina and pledges to be an “equal opportunity opponent to Obamacare.” She also reiterated her previous promise to “talk smack” to labor unions.
Remember, to further enlarge any image inside our gallery just click on it a second time ….
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By south mauldin April 18, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Dumbasses.
By Anonymous April 18, 2011 at 1:24 pm
THe reason why I and 2700 other people didn’t attend is because this event was poorly advertised. I had no idea… and I don’t think Fits ran the story last week, either (but I may be wrong)…
By blue364 April 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm
I don’t think anything was announced anywhere until the weekend and the only thing I saw was on The State’s website on Saturday.
I don’t know if any of the TV stations had any news coverage of it or not.
By Frappy April 18, 2011 at 1:36 pm
South Carolina has finally begun to wake up with the so called Tea Party movement. Hell all you have to do is look at what we have in office, Haley, Joe Means No Jobs, Deminted and oh yes a liar who covered for “Sanfraud” Tom Davis.
http://zfacts.com/p/1170.html
See the proof.
By Mike April 18, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Bachmann=idiot.
By fitsnews April 18, 2011 at 1:39 pm
We did a big story on it …
http://www.fitsnews.com/2011/03/30/april-rally-a-2014-primary-preview/
And I’m pretty sure that each the dozens of politicos in attendance were vigorously advertising their appearances via social media.
-FITS
By Crooner April 18, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Fits:
You should try to get Michele in the front seat of an SUV for a “test drive”.
By Shanky April 18, 2011 at 1:43 pm
300 is a good turnout for Monday am, last I checked most people were at WORK… :)
By Sam Adams April 18, 2011 at 2:11 pm
The politicians and media don’t get it. The Tea Party is not a political party. It does not necessarily show up at planned events. It doesn’t shout racial slurs. It doesn’t give money, solicit money, or have “leaders” or candidates. It doesn’t care about homosexuals, abortion, prayer in schools or Mexicans. It owes nothing to the Department of Defense.
It is made up of a huge number of people who think government should take less and do less. That is the only common denominator.
“Taxed Enough Already.”
By jim lewis April 18, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Tea Party. Wasn’t that the group that was going to derail to the runaway budget train. Hell, the Tea Party sons of bitches in Washington spent more money on coffee and donuts than they cut from the damn budget.
And the Tea Party really has a winner in Queen Bachmann. I pulled up a video of her speech down in Bluffton. After a few minutes my head was full of the scene in Dr. Strangelove when aircraft commander Major T. J. “King” Kong (Slim Pickens) goes to the bomb bay to open the damaged doors manually, straddling a nuclear bomb as he repairs arcing wires overhead. When he effects his electrical patches, the bomb bay doors suddenly open, the bomb releases and Kong rides it to detonation like a rodeo cowboy, whooping and waving his cowboy hat.
If I’m lying, I’m dying. Queen Bachmann is a damn Female King Kong.
I would betcha a bucket of calabash wings, a pitcher of beer and a basket of buddy fires from Fat Buddies II that if 20 people with an IQ over 90 got into a hot air balloon with Queen Bachmann, before it got three feet off the ground, 10 would immediately jump overboard and the other 10 would be beating the shit out of her to shut her up.
By cash April 18, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Just another Sarah “I don ‘t know what the hell I’m spewing from my piehole” Palin. I’m sure Haley pledged her support and told her she would keep her legs, I mean fingers, crossed for her.
By cash April 18, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Two things the teabaggers hate: 1-being called racist and 2- black people.
By alwaysamazed April 18, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Last week Davis was a rising star on this site, this week he’s the state’s “preemminent” fiscal conservative. What’s next? You’d think that more than a handful of people would have shown up to hear such a superstar speak. Hmm, a “private” meeting with Bachmann and Davis, could we have a P- VP ticket here?
By so much for "leveraging" the tea party April 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm
You can’t have a rally like this on Monday morning, what genius thought up this time slot?
Most people that indentify themselves as “tea party” people are either at work or the older type that aren’t missing any early bird special to hear someone pander to them they aren’t “sure” about.
“Tea party” types already feel betrayed by Haley and Bachmann is another version of Palin which isn’t gonna score big points among the hard core tea party people.
They best appeal to “conservatives” who fancy themselves tea partiers but like their candidates have limited understand of what real liberty is….they think the GOP can carry the banner of truly small & limited gov’t.
I talked with a 65ish year old Glenn Beck robot at the Atlas Shrugged movie the other night and she didn’t even know the states used to have more power than the federal gov’t and had no idea what the Articles of Confederation were….she called herself a “tea party” person.
I almost asked her what she felt about people who smoked “The pot” but I kept myself in check out of fear of my wife.
Generally speaking the Tea Party people are pretty nice despite all the liberal slandering of them…but most of them are as dumb as a box of rocks.(just like most liberals…except liberals like to think they are really smart & metropolitan) They know something is wrong but have no idea about how to fix it. Most of them are hard workers and just scared.
That being said, if Obummer held a rally on a Monday morning you can rest assured it would be much larger and more “successful” on the face of things(meaning raw attendance figures) given a large number of his contituency is unemployed, on disablity, etc. et al
By Impeach the Kenyan April 18, 2011 at 3:44 pm
I see the Obamacrats love this story (thinking support for the so called Tea Party is diminishing). But Sam Adams above nailed it. The Tea Party is made up of millions of Americans who are fed up with people feeding at the public trough and politicians who are bent on filling the trough. So called Tea Party people aren’t supporting a “party” but rather a concept of less and better government. Shanky also had it right, some people actually have more important things to do than attending a rally, like WORK. I have never attended but one political rally in my 70+ years, but have voted in every election since 1960.
By south mauldin April 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
I toast you with my first beer, Jim Lewis. You are the best thing to happen to this site in a long time.
By alwaysamazed April 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm
And some Tea Party people are not racists: “Impeach the Kenyan”
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By Joe April 18, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I figured the Obummer liberal dumocrats would flock to this thread and start yapping about “teabaggers” and “racists” and every other perjorative they get from dumocrat talking points by which they are programmed. So glad they didn’t disappoint.
By alwaysamazed April 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Hey Jim Lewis, how about if that balloon had Bachmann, Haley, and Davis in it like in today’s proviate meetings (I’m excluding Loftis because Nikki would toss him out herself).
By alwaysamazed April 18, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Hey Joe (the plumber???), at least you did not choose a derogatory screen name like your tea party friend “Impeach the Kenyan”.
By Rijiv April 18, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Let me ask you, OWB, any chance Queen B and Queen H are after the same Tea Party Stiff Poles – TPSP????
By Maxwell April 18, 2011 at 4:31 pm
stimulus???
By Maxwell April 18, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Boz – How ’bout a Rhodes update and Queen B comment??
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By cash April 18, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Heck, most of her pre-election supporters from the Lexington area thought she was Indian, like Cherokee. The teabaggers are not real bright.
By Eat My Dust April 18, 2011 at 4:57 pm
We were all working to pay taxes for the other half of us who don’t work or pay taxes. Attendance really doesn’t matter; we vote. We’ve got, with the exception of Clyburn, a congressional delegation that would make Goldwater proud.
By snodgrass April 18, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Bookmark this article. Pull it back up after Ron Paul makes his first visit to SC. Then compare the turnout and enthusiasm. Don’t worry, there’s certainly no danger of Ron Paul receiving more press coverage or support from the establishment than Michele Bachmann. Remember, people like Bachmann are the Tea Party superstars and Ron Paul is just that old kook that everyone makes fun of.
Just bookmark this article and compare notes later. It won’t necessarily prove anything, but it should be an interesting contrast.
By Bubba Patel April 18, 2011 at 5:08 pm
I was hoping to go to tea party meeting. We had secret Indian meeting with dear, sweet Nikki and she said that might not be a good idea. I was hoping to get free cup of tea. Dear, sweet Nikki said that some people at tea party might not understand our dark skin and our traditional dress, it may not be safe. Nikki did my taxes again this year and gave me the “wink”. No problem with IRS. She is such a dear, sweet person, and very, very smart.
By Gupta April 18, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Ahhh…….Patel, how are you today??? You are correct, Nikki is not Sikh, does not honor our ways. She is methodist so she may shave, have many boyfriends, and hang with the white crowd.
By Asha April 18, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Yes, many men. I don’t know how she can tell who the father is???
By BradWarthenSucks April 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm
No advertising, and held on a Monday… which is why there was low turn out. On the flip side, throw in a Democrat backed rally and you’ll have it advertised in every welfare office, black church, and attended by people who don’t work for a living and have nothing better to do with their day.
By BradWarthenSucks April 18, 2011 at 5:20 pm
By cash – Two things the D-Baggers hate, 1) Work and 2) Whitey.
By Godslayer April 18, 2011 at 5:33 pm
“We were all working to pay taxes for the other half of us who don’t work or pay taxes.”
I assume you mean those who inherited their wealth and other trust-funder-types who neither work nor pay taxes. That’s who you’re really paying taxes for. These folks have a nice little and proven trick of dividing the working and welfare classes by making the woring class think they are supporting the welfare classes, thus diverting attention away from them. In reality, both the working and welfare classes are supporting the wealthy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/the-top-10-tax-breaks-_n_850534.html
By kgore April 18, 2011 at 5:46 pm
You guys act like George Mcgovern and Ted Kennedy have run this state. Conservatives have run this state since 1877 and where are we at? Our taxes are low compared to other states no unions at all where are all the jobs?????????
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By CNSYD April 18, 2011 at 6:55 pm
alwaysamazed, don’t be amazed, Sic Willie has been Davis’ chief pimp for awhile.
By Whatever April 18, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Davis’ speech was the best thing going at this event. Should have put him at the front ahead of the Queens.
By Upstater April 18, 2011 at 7:32 pm
“CSNYD” and “Alwaysamazed,” you obviously weren’t at the rally. “Whatever” is right. Sen. Davis was far and away the best speaker. You guys have a serious case of envy.
By Ken In Kentucky April 18, 2011 at 7:33 pm
HAHAHAHA Look at the funny Tea Tards. “We are the silent majority”, “We are the first movement in history that requires you not show up.” “If a tree falls in the woods an no one is there, does nayone care?” No Tea Tard’s, no one cares. You fail. Stay home and race your Hoverounds.
TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!!!111!1 coming to a screen near you and Paid By The Koch Brothers
By Sally April 18, 2011 at 7:36 pm
I would rank the speeches as
1. Loftis
2 Davis
3. Bachman
4. Haley
can’t remember the rest. I was glad to have gone and I enjoyed myself.
By ALbert054 April 18, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Let me get this straight….. You hicks are complaining about new organizations NOT reporting about an UPCOMING rally………….
YOU EXPECT THE MEDIA TO ADVERTISE FOR THE TEA PARTY??? Does “Fits” let you all know when EVERY DNC event is happening?
WTF is Dick Armey , and the Koch brothers for?……. THEY PAY FOR YOUR ADVERTISING… Not the media…..
“THe reason why I and 2700 other people didn’t attend is because this event was poorly advertised. I had no idea… and I don’t think Fits ran the story last week, either (but I may be wrong)…” -anonymous
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAhA REALLY?
By ALbert054 April 18, 2011 at 8:22 pm
We did a big story on it …
http://www.fitsnews.com/2011/03/30/april-rally-a-2014-primary-preview/
And I’m pretty sure that each the dozens of politicos in attendance were vigorously advertising their appearances via social media.
-FITS
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
the only factual post on here!
By Ki$$myconservativea$$ April 18, 2011 at 8:32 pm
My, my it seems all the little liberals have their panties in a wad here today.
By tomstickler April 18, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Goldwater would be embarrassed to be in the same room with the likes of South Carolina’s current Republican delegation.
By Joe April 18, 2011 at 8:53 pm
“My, my it seems all the little liberals have their panties in a wad here today.”
LOL…yeah, they’re pretty funny when people get tired of having liberal dumocrats redistribute their wealth to achieve the socialist utopia they have forever craved.
By Old Bike Dude April 18, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Cannot understand why Davis is burying his political career with a Tea Party shovel. It’s just not a smart way to beat Graham.
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By Real Housewife of Irmo April 18, 2011 at 10:51 pm
Jim Lewis – that’s the funniest thing I’ve read on here in a long time!
The Haley honeymoon is over. By now, the “market is saturated” with Haleyisms. No surprise at the low attendence today. Haley knew Loftis and Davis would far outshine her, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the lack of advance publicity was intentional. She does not like being upstaged. I didn’t think Bachmann would draw a crowd anyway. Time for Davis to put some friendly distance between himself and Haley. I like the way Davis-Loftis sounds (or Loftis-Davis) for the next Gov/Lt Gov ticket.
By tomstickler April 18, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Don’t look now, but this article is linked in the “Great Orange Satan,” DailyKos.
By tomstickler April 18, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Don’t look now, but this article is linked in the “Great Orange Satan,” Daily Kos.
By Real Housewife of Irmo April 18, 2011 at 11:40 pm
And I failed to mention that Eckstrom mistress Kelly Payne was also on the program. And she was there since she was elected as…oh yes, she was elected to NOTHING. Thank God. That is one self-promotional, self-centered, self-absorbed heffa. She would attend the opening of an envelope if she thought someone would notice.
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By Gordon Soderberg April 19, 2011 at 1:16 am
The Tea Party puts the “Dumb” in Freedom.
By Ken E. April 19, 2011 at 2:32 am
Hey Joe, the only redistribution of wealth that has happened in the last 10 years has been to the upper incomes. Incomes for the middle class have actually fallen in the last decade. You can thank the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy for that as well as a huge chunk of the federal debt.
And as someone mentioned above, this state has been run by conservatives for a long while now. Every statewide office is held by Republicans as well as all but one of our congressional delegation. So when is SC going to pull itself out of last or near last place in nearly every socio-economic indicator? Bachmann recently called our state a GOP Paradise. Does that mean it’s like Hades for everyone else?
By Richard Duvigneaud April 19, 2011 at 5:01 am
All hate; bunch of racists bigots with no idea what American is about. Tea Turds, go back to the double-wide you cam from.
By Ki$$myconservativea$$ April 19, 2011 at 6:46 am
Let’s see, liberal Obama lovers call Tea Party folks “racists, bigots and double wide dwellers”, while Tea Party folks continue to talk lower taxes, less government, more freedom, etc. So, who is the lower class here?
By Hamilton Brinks April 19, 2011 at 7:41 am
Most Tea Party supporters actually WORK for a living…not surpised that no one bothered to attend this event…
By Tom April 19, 2011 at 8:31 am
This reenforces my belief that the Tea Party movement peaked last summer.
By Mrs Tea Bo April 19, 2011 at 8:48 am
Mike, Jim etc.,
Why do you think Congresswoman Bachmann is an idiot? Do you mean you disagree with her political or religious views? I know you don’t mean her education level. She has a LL.M in Tax Law from William and Mary Law School (which has a reputation as one of the top schools in the country). So I have to assume you believe that people who have different views from you are idiots.
Your Kool Aid is available at Alivn Greene’s house.
By Greenville Patriot April 19, 2011 at 9:36 am
I came down to the rally yesterday to hear Haley and Bachmann and was very disappointed. The only thing that made my trip worthwhile was listening to Davis. His speech was far and away the best that day. Does he have any statewide electoral plans? He’d find alot of support in the Upstate.
By silverleaf April 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Hey Sic, you’re a political rock star…
Will Folks, a widely read blogger in South Carolina political circles, termed the rally a “dud” in a post Monday afternoon.
“Politicians, political operatives and members of the media came close to outnumbering attendees at a much-hyped Columbia, S.C., tea party rally starring U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday,” Folks wrote.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53380.html#ixzz1JzK5maSS
By CNSYD April 19, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Upstater, seen one tea party rally, you have seen them all. Sound and fury signifying nothing. IRT Davis being best speaker at the rally, that is sort of like being the best looking pig on the farm. Envious of a carpetbagger who thinks he is in SC to teach we poor dumb Southern boys how to exist? I don’t think so.
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By Mercuryblues April 19, 2011 at 3:21 pm
This is what happens when the Koch brothers and Murdoch no longer need you. The rally was well advertised. If you mean Fox news did not run ads for it 24/7 you are correct. I am guessing the people that claimed to know nothing about the rally, therefor did not attend; also do not know how to use the google machine. I used the keywords Tea Party Rally Columbia SC and got hundreds of hits. The first one was the TPP, with date, time speakers, where to park.
For the sparse crowd, it says something when a possible Presidential candidate (and TP darling)makes an appearance at the tax day rally and can’t draw more than 300 people to listen to her.
Show up at planned events??? LOL. This rally was SPONSORED by the Columbia Tea Party.
And to “eat my dust” GE, Bank of America and Exxon Mobile appreciate you working to pay their taxes. Really they do. Just keep telling yourself that taxing a person that earns less than 10,000 a year offsets the taxes GE does not pay.
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By MajorC April 20, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Good job, south mauldin on the self promotion. You never cease to amaze me. Can you see Bob Jones Univ from your house?
By MajorC April 20, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Mercuryblues, if you take the EIC, Earned Income Tax Credit and make less than $10,000 a year you get all the taxes back you paid in. A lot of people play this game. Stay in the “welfare range” and keep your Section Eight housing. Your kids get Pell Grants for free college. Keep your food stamps. And now there is even free cellphones for this crowd if you apply. It really does pay to live off the government. And if you are real lucky you can get one of your kids to test out stupid and you will get an extra $grand a month for your “special needs” child. I don’t send money to Ethiopia I contribute right here in the hood.
By Mercuryblues April 24, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Really, so you think $10,000 a year is a great salary, because you earn so little you get it all back? Living in section 8 housing is the life of luxury, so people stay in the “welfare range”? That idea is inane. You are aware that huge companies like Wal-Mart pay their workers so little they qualify for assistance? You are aware that Wal-Mart; company provided insurance is cost prohibitive to their employees so they turn to state assistance? You are aware that Wal-Mart also receives millions of dollars a year in tax breaks and services from tax payer money. So why aren’t you complaining about Wal-Mart being the welfare queens that they are? Wal-Mart is only one example of big corporations doing this.
Recipients of Pell grants, on average earn a million dollars more during their life, than someone with a high school diploma. I consider it a good investment, generating more tax revenue. In other words the government gets that money back in the long term.
Free cell phones and service provided by the government? I never heard of this, perhaps you can link me to an article about it.
So I want to see if I understand you correctly. What you are saying is that… all poor people that receive some sort of government assistance only do so because they want to live a life of luxury – below the poverty level. Even when they want to continue their education and improve their living standards, they should not be allowed to. Even though they will generate an income that enables them to be self sufficient and more than pays back in taxes than the tax dollars they used. However, multibillion dollar corporations should be allowed to suck up our tax dollars and pay no taxes in return.
Instead of condemning people for earning such a low wage that they have to rely on public assistance to survive, how about asking yourself, Why do multimillion and billion dollar companies pay their employees so little that public assistance is needed for them to survive. Are the pennies you save on a movie or a gallon of milk worth it?
By MajorC April 25, 2011 at 1:11 am
Here you go Mercury. Just another perk for being on welfare.
https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Safelink/home
And no need for me to respond to your comments because you have “added” far more to what I posted and you have made assumptions that have no relevance to what I implied. And you totally lost me on your “luxury” comments. You seem to have a problem of staying focused when you are pissed.
Your Pell Grant logic is absurd. If a minority person earns a college degree and lands a Federal Job why should their education be free of charge? They need to be saddled with debt like everyone else.
By Ken E. April 25, 2011 at 8:03 am
Hey MajorC, read this about your cell phone link:
https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Safelink/program_info/benefits
“There is no “Obama phone” or other newly created federal program to provide free cell phones. As you may know, this is a myth that is now circulating on the Web via email and blog sites. It has been thoroughly debunked by independent groups. (See for example: FactCheck.org at http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/the-obama-phone/, which notes: “Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it.” ”
FAIL
By Mercuryblues April 25, 2011 at 12:18 pm
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/the-obama-phone/
Major C
How about a poor white person who earns a college degree and lands a Federal job should they be saddled with debt, like everyone else or just minorities as you specified?
You said: “Stay in the “welfare range” and keep your Section Eight housing.” Actually that statement does imply that people like to live there and will keep their earnings low enough to keep living there. As if they are so luxurious.
I was also sarcasm, sorry you don’t understand it.
Talk about focus, you are assigning an emotion to me. Please let me in on your secret powers. Why did you assume I was “pissed” Do you have the ability to zoom through the internet and view people typing on their PC’s? [Sarcasm]
Perhaps you are the one who is pissed and you are just projecting your emotions.
By MajorC April 26, 2011 at 12:26 am
Wow! I never said anything about an “Obama phone” nor did I say his administration provided it. (feel free to print my post and use a highlighter) And if MY statements “actually…imply luxurious” (as you say) then your powers of perception, about what I think, are far greater than mine.
Yes, I am pissed off! And yes, I was projecting my emotions about my extreme dislike of supporting people on welfare who continually live off of entitlements. And as for my “secret powers” — If I told you how my uncanny insights and my keen ability to read the minds of Liberals came about then it wouldn’t be secret anymore. So, I guess you are basically S.O.L. when it comes to that, my uber socialist friend.
By Adam April 29, 2011 at 1:38 pm
I love the Internet but one of its major flaws is that it provides people the ability to spew hateful rhetoric without the pressure of being present and accountable for their comments. It’s sad really because it takes human communication to a new low and in my humble opinion, we will get nowhere in resolving all of the issues our state and country now face without communication.
So go ahead and keep spewing the hate while we speed towards rock bottom. Have healthy debate, collaboration, and hard work on the issues? Why should we? The easiest thing to do is point the finger at the other party – especially when you can hide behind a keyboard and pseudonym.
By Ken E. April 29, 2011 at 1:57 pm
MajorC,
Your original post said, “And now there is even free cellphones for this crowd if you apply.” implying that this a new benefit, unless by “And now” you meant “over 10 years ago”.
And no, you didn’t mention specifically that the Obama Administration provided the phone, but you did say just after that, “It really does pay to live off the government.”
And you didn’t correct Mercuryblues when he/she asked, “Free cell phones and service provided by the government? I never heard of this, perhaps you can link me to an article about it.”
So maybe I can’t read your mind, but in context, the perception is that you were talking about government provided phones.
Either way, this is hardly a perk for remaining on welfare.
By MajorC April 30, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Thanks KenE. I usually don’t cite references or include foot notes when I post. “And now” could actually mean since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society reforms, too. The free cell phones or discounted service charges are actually “mandated” by the Federal government and monitored by the FCC. The Telecommunications ACT of 1996 requires that all service providers pay into a federal Universal Service Fund and the money from here goes to the “qualified” low income customers requesting assistance. Don’t kid yourself. Everyone who owns a telephone pays into this fund. And yes, I’m paying for something I don’t agree with. And you are correct about the cell phone perk. However, there are dozens and dozens of additional handouts that “keep” people on the bottom rung rung of society. If you don’t agree with me on that then we can agree to disagree.
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