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Lifeline Assistance Program

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I have no clue to the importance of this program. Depends on who's propaganda you believe. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A program called Lifeline Assistance, originally intended to help low-income people install landline telephone service, has existed for decades. It was implemented by the Federal Communications Commission in 1984 (Ronald Reagan), and FCC expanded the program to cover cellphone service in 2005 during the George W. Bush administration. The program pays for phone service, not the phones themselves. But many companies that receive funding through the program offer free and low-cost phones to their subscribers. The program is funded through fees that the telephone

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