40 cell phones, in my district. a television station interviewed one of my constentuent who is said, i pay for one phone and i keep a free one as a backup just in case. so there has been a lot of there have been a lot of problems with this program. but beyond that, i think the issue is, where do we draw the line? it would be great if everybody had an ipad are we going to buy everyone an ipad? i looked deeper and the federal communication commission that s the government said that 41% of the nearly 6 million people who get these phones don t meet the requirements. that s right which is the tune of my assistant figured out, $902 mill yen a year to people who don t qualify. $902 million. we are paying for this. if you wonder wlat lines are on your cell phone of fees and what have you, one line is a
what have you, one of those is a universal service fund. that s where the money comes from to fund this program. greta: all right, now, look, i mean, without even getting to whether it s a good program or a bad program, it s clear the 41% who don t qualify shouldn t be getting a phone. if you get a phone and you re not supposed to have it and you use it, i mean, you re essentially stealing. i mean, or you applied for one and lie on the application, saying you re below the federal poverty level. that s also a crime. sure. greta: we have all of this waste and fraud with $902 million a year and there s no there has been no effort to try to clean this one up. none, what my legislation does, it takes it back to the program s roots where it s landline only. if you re a shut-in and you need a landline, and provided
abuse is throughout this program. so people getting 10, 20, 30, even 40 cell phones in my district, a television station interviewed one of my constituents who said on camera, well, i paid for one phone and i keep a free one as a backup, just in case. and so there s been a lot of there have been a lot of problems with this program, but beyond that, i think the issue is where do we draw the line? it would be great if everybody had an ipad. are we going to buy everyone with ipad. greta: some are worse than others, and i looked deeper and the federal communication commission, that s the government, said that 41% of the nearly 6 million people who get these phones don t meet the requirements. that s right. greta: which is to the tune, my assistant figured out $902 million a year we send to people who don t qualify, 902 million. and if you re wondering what the different lines are on the cell phones, fees and
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just like every congressional member of congress has. it gives you a choice. greta: i mean, you get some you get money from the government. those who couldn t afford it the very poorest, we re going to respect you, you believe now what s best about your health care, too, we re going to give you options just like people who are watching this channel have options which cable they want to get. which packages they want to buy. you get to set some and when you say subsidize, medicare right now, you can pay into it for a number of years and reach a certain age and get medicare. let s be true on what the budget does, if you want to stay on the current medicare system, you can. if you want a choice you can. for the very poorest we will give them more. we will put a system together that takes care of that safety net for those individuals, but if why do you think the democrats don t like that? i don t know. i mean, what we provide is gives greater options and