Originally Posted by
UalHvy
You read the wrong part of the article. Here is clarification from another source.
The program as it exists today was created over a decade ago by an act of Congress, the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A version of the Lifeline program was already in operation as far back as the early 1980s. (Source: USAC.org)
Congress created this...not Bush...not Obama.
True, but the wireless program was created in 2008. Regardless, my point is similar to yours. People need to research facts, because the label the program has been given is factually incorrect.