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writes:  I guess if I had to defend the TeaOP-style austerity
even though it has NEVER in history worked to either control the
deficit OR to stimulate economic growth AND will almost
certainly cause a recession, just as it has in the past and is
doing now in the EU (are you listening my right wing friends,
I'm talking about YOU?), I would want to talk about "free
phones" too.  Oh, btw, the purpose of the phone program was to
ensure that people who were otherwise unable to maintain phone
access had a way to communicate with potential employers,
maintain emergency communications, etc., in a world where land
lines have become virtually non-existent. It has grown because
poverty has increased after GOP tax/labor/economic policies
concentrated so much wealth in the top .1% that there is not
enough wealth in the middle class to create the demand that
drives economic growth.  I know that our TeaOP friends think
that it's a viable alternative to have poor peop