A number of recent news stories have highlighted a program in Pennsylvania that provides a free cell phone and monthly service for those who cannot afford it. This program is funded through the Federal government’s “Universal Service Fund,” a line item you will see on your own cell phone bill. The program is described as being “about peace of mind” and “one less bill that someone has to pay, so they can pay their rent or for day care.”
The reality is that this is just one of many programs. If someone qualifies for the free cell phone program they are not going to use the money they save and apply it to their rent or daycare. Chances are they already receive those for “free” as well.
Liberals live in twisted world where basic language of morality is turned inside out. They say “rights” where we would normally say “wants” and “responsibility” where we would say “ability.” This cell phone program isn’t anything new or special, it’s just a striking example of how liberals think. Many have the ability to pay for cell phones since we work hard and earn money. So magically we have a responsibility to provide them to others. People who don’t earn money want cell phones, that want combined with a lack of ability to satisfy it suddenly creates a right.
However, if you look at it closely, it all comes down to “from each according to his ability to each according to his needs.” While free cell phone service may mean “one less bill that someone has to pay” for some individuals. Other Americans are forced to pick up the tab – a fact reflected on the cell phone bill of every American who chooses to use a portion of their hard earned money on providing themselves with a cell phone. It’s just that the language liberals are using to cloak that idea—language about rights and responsibilities—sounds better because for most of us those are real moral terms with real moral meaning.
What is next? Free Iphones, laptops, and Kindles? We provide libraries for people to have access to books, since e-books are becoming more common will we be expected to provide everyone with an e-reader?
Handouts at the expense of the working public must stop at some point, we simply cannot afford to continue down this path as a nation any longer.
You can read more about the program in question here:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_749344.html
