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Other way to do that, didn't have a landline. there are good foundations. the problem is where we end up now. there is an incentive for the wireless phone companies to make sure they get as many as they can out the door including your three. >> yes. there is a problem. you can't take a landline and sell it at a pawn shop for 40 bucks and you can do that with a cell phone. since 2008 when cell phones became available as part of the lifeline program costs more than doubled, 822 million, i think, in 2008, now it's up to nearly 2.2 billion. that's a huge increase. >> we do have those numbers. it d...

You'd find out. if you let me finish, then you'll be educated on something. in 2008 the program was expanded. after obama took office, program went from paying tax dollars, $822 million to $2.1 billion. the fcc oversees this program, jehmu, and they found in auditing their own providers, 13.8 million people received these phones. 6 million people were not eligible. >> angela, there's no taxpayer money involved in this. this was a program -- >> who is paying for it then? who pays for it? >> this was a program that was started under president bush. >> who pays for it? >> that was actually linked...

>> those two are from assurance. i deactivated them today. i didn't want to take advantage of the taxpayer. >> when i get my phone bill, i'm actually taxed to pay your three phones, right? >> you are. you'll see it at the bottom of your phone bill. it's a universal service fund. >> what does it say on the bill, universal service fund? >> i think it's usually $2.50. and that goes to fund it. it's really taxpayers paying for this program. since they included cell phones in it in 2008. costs have soared. it's up to $2.1 billion a year. that's incredible considering as early as 2008 it was $822 mi...

With premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. ripping off the measure taxpayer, as you know the nation owes $17 trillion disaster. one of the reasons for that is the incredible debt that the federal government runs up by wasting money. here is angood example. there is a program called lifeline that causes $2.2 billion a year. that entitlement provides a discount on phone service for low income americans. also some phone companies give away telephones as ...

if we don't fix it more downgrades of our economy are coming. the president rolling out some changes to his tenth housing plan today in one of america's hardest hit cities, las vegas. >> if you meet certain requirements you will have the chance to refinance at lower rates which could save you hundreds of dollars a month and thousands of dollars a year on mortgage payments. >> in a nutshell the plan increases the number of home owners eligible to refinance. now the administration says it would allow more of the five to seven million under water home owners who are still current on the...