There are programs out there that help people get cheap phones. You know why that's done? Because you need a phone to get a job. The person hiring you needs somewhere to call to tell you you're hired. I said this to a "friend" once and he said "I don't care, I don't want to pay for peoples' phones!" I responded, "Well then how are they going to get a job and be able to support themselves?" His answer was, " I don't care, it's not my problem."
This drives me up the fucking wall. You bitch about people being on unemployment, but then you bitch when we try to help them get a job. What the fucking hell do want these people to do? Die? Oh, right, that is what you want because all those poor people are "just a bunch of stupid niggers" or some shit like that.
People also bitch even when a homeless guy has a phone he paid for himself. "He shouldn't spend what money he has on a Blackberry" Do you realize how much older blackberries, original Iphones, and other older phones are worth? Not jack shit. Even when the function perfectly they aren't worth anything. There are also those prepaid phones you can buy just about anywhere.
I swear most people around here have no fucking functional brain cell in their damn head. You know what gets me the most? Most of the people I know throwing a shit fit about people on unemployment or welfare are on food stamps themselves. "Well I actually need it, all those other people are just lazy." Then there's the guy that said we Should punish the poor so they won't want to be lazy and poor anymore.