Yes, I have earned the right to have free cell phone service

Aug 04, 2011

I guess it's a matter of perspective
by: Jon

For me it's more a matter of whether having a cell phone is a basic human need/right, and I can't help but compare it to food and shelter. Making sure low income people have healthy food and a place to live is so so so important, but is having a phone important? I don't think so. What's next, access to television? Then cable TV? Internet? A tablet computer?

I assume there's access to a phone in the place you're living. Why do you need to have a cell phone? In fact, it may not be healthy to be carrying it with you, as you might get distracted while on a call, or trying to get it from your pocket when it rings, etc.

I'm not trying to be rude or disrespectful, but I just think that we Americans expect too much. We think we have a right to everything. Some things are priviledges or optional luxuries.

Also, we all pay into funds that help support the society that we live in, as well as to help us when we're sick or retired. If even 50% (and probably less!) of people had the attitude that just because we pay into something that we deserve to get something out of it, the whole system would be bankrupt. In fact, it practically already is now. There are plenty of people getting social security who have more than enough money to live well without it.

Yes, being on the font lines in a country sponsored war can be dangerous, but we all contribute to supporting that by the taxes we pay while we're working. Even my working in a mail room at a company contributes to the war through taxes. And working as a painter painting the outside of high rise buildings or cleaning the outside of windows is extremely dangerous, so we all contribute or put ourselves in harms way to make a living. It's not just the soldiers. Injured soldiers should get special access to medical care of course, but why should having a cell phone be a right? Wouldn't those government funds be better spent giving someone a hot meal or shelter? Or going towards hospitals or education? I'm shocked at how many people feel that this is a good use of government funds.

If you knew that the money it costs for you to get a phone and free monthly minutes could be used to buy hundreds of meals for homeless people, would you still feel that it's your right to have one, and good use of government funds (ie. our tax dollars)?

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to be rude. I just think in the States we feel that we are owed everything, and I'm not convinced that a cell phone really is one of those things. Obviously you and others disagree....

Yes, I have earned the right to have free cell phone service

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