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According to the article, it's aimed specifically at a group of disabled persons who through their disability are unable to use something as simple as a telephone.
A tablet configured with Wi-Fi and software and voila! They now have the equivalent of a telephone.
I don't see how it's the same as giving away Obamaphones.
It's a Hoganphone and the exact same thing.
How many illegitimate children do I have to pop out, and how big of a "disable" scam do I have to come up with to get a "free" tablet computer to go with my "free" cellphone?
If this were a private endeavor, I'd say great and good for them. I love community outreach and helping our neighbors. Since it's government, it will surely be rife with abuse. Absolutely, no doubt in my mind. It's not the providing disabled people with a communication device that I object to; it's the government paying for it with our tax dollars, along with what will surely be a lack of oversight, along with the impression of vote buying and pandering that is ALWAYS the impetus for government giving a certain segment of our population freebies and goodies that the rest of us have to, you know, work for and earn.
Again, if O'Malley had done this conservatives/Republicans would have lost their minds. Let's don't be hypocrites, please, and let's call things what they are.
