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Burlington County Sheriff’s Department launches free smartphone app Burlington County Sheriff’s Department launches free smartphone app × The new Burlington County Sheriff’s Department smartphone and tablet app features information about the department’s numerous programs and services.PHOTO COURTESY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department has a new way for residents to interact with the department’s officers and keep up with the la...

Like in the free cell phone program which even the governments own auditors say is rife with abuse, lets find places in the government -- look, weve got a $3.6 trillion budget. surely, we can find $6.5 billion. thats less than two-tenths of 1% of the budget that we can stop spending money on in order to pay for this program of unemployment benefits. and remember, the unemployment benefits, the extension of them, is an admission of failure on the part of the administration. again, the recovery st...

He is committed to making sure that we get the facts. >> we dont know that yet. that will be found out committee hearings in the months to come. >> that will be interesting. always nice to see you. straight ahead, new evidence the governments free cell phone program is flooded with fraud. how easy it is to get a free government phone that youre not entitled to? one reporter put it to the test. shes here. also tea partiers have a brand new plan. find out what it is. jim demint is here to go o...

There are plenty of people there. >> ill give him a pass on that. im more interested in whether he is committed to making sure that we get the facts. >> we dont know that yet. that will be found out committee hearings in the months o to some. >> always nice to see you. straight ahead, new evidence the governments free cell phone program is flooded with fraud. how easy it is to get a free government phone that youre not entitled to? one reporter put it to the test. shes here. tea partiers have a ...

Waste, fraud and abuse, were talking about the life line program that gives free cell phones to people who dont make enough money. stuart varney joins me now from the "fox business" network. this started back in 1984 to help poor people with land lines. it morphed into cell phones in 2008 and the cost of this program spiraling out of control. were not saying we dont want to help poor people, but there is a tremendous amount of waste and fraud going on. >> $2.2 billion a year is spent on 6 millio...

A lifetime event. thats what the federal government exists to respond -- it was a once in a lifetime -- >> thats not in the constitution. >> why do you vote for agriculture disaster aid but you will not vote for that bill in the house? >> did you not hear my last answer? you missed my answer. what i said was i actually voted to cut spending in another ag program and moved it over here. it wasnt new spending like youre proposing to do for sandy. and in sandy we found out fema still had money unti...

A second, its very heavy, about a pound and a half. if im reading a book i dont know. >> what do you think of me now? >> im telling you -- >> im an overrated ipad holder. well, look, the weight is in the hand of the beholder. by standards of tablets and net books and stuff, this is quite light compared to an iphone, yes, its heavier. the issue is, are you able to do this for any length of time. >> you have to type. >> or do you have to? apple is selling this as a living room device, put it on yo...

>> were so backwards in what we do lately. all we want to do is probably give, give, give to people who probably could afford this stuff and forget about the people who have done amazing things for our country. look, you know this administration is trying to get everybody kind of under the old obama dole here. wants you to be on our phones, on our medical care, on everything under the sun. that way we can take care of you. thats the wrong way to go. >> nanny state on steroids. >> there is no acc...

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