Telecom Thinktank: Free Cellphones for the Poor Would Make American Economy Boom

(((I'd be guessing they're right, actually. Still,
American society takes such glee in crushing the poor that it's hard to believe they'd give 'em phones for free.)))

(((Before a scheme like this passes Congress
I'd expect an avalanche of legislation to *deprive*
the poor of phones. Especially *immigrants!* God only know what they're doing with those devices...
*making money,* I have no doubt...)))

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