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In places where you can get life by with just a phone and a card, even poor people have phones. So perhaps this reality is already changing in favor of the poor
by rmbyrro 4y ago
In places where you can get life by with just a phone and a card, even poor people have phones. So perhaps this reality is already changing in favor of the poorer?
- dataflow 4y agoI'm sure it's going in that direction but to what extent we'll reach that point remains to be seen. Note that people lose phones and have to go without them for a while (again, probably more for poor people than others), not to mention even remembering and finding the time to charge them constantly, so it's not as simple as giving everyone a phone. Bear in mind there are lots of other reasons to keep cash; I was just addressing the fee idea.
- fragmede 4y agoEven in the US! one of the lesser known programs is the Obamaphone program, where subsidized low cost handsets were provided to low income individuals.