[sziklassy]

Originally Posted by knowtheobscure

Uhhh...do you have an iphone? Didn't you play with it? I don't care how old you are, you will play with your new toy.

WOW... you missed the point entirely. I DO have an iPhone. I DO play with it... not while in class or at work, and I think that congressmen would have the reserve to not play with it while they are in session. Basically this is a repost of what I already said before :P
Is it really a problem if they play with it on their own time? I would we are not asking for congressmen to abstain from having any fun ever... I sure as hell wouldn't want such a congressman making decisions for my state/country....

[Muggz5]

Get over it, its just fine with me. If any you have ever watched a congressional session, you'll see at least 4 people asleep, 3 people talking amongst themselves, half the room is usually empty, the others texting/emailing and looking at their phones.

Unless its a major issue, the day to day in the House and Senate is usually boring and full of initiatives & referendums that are usually weak and not useful. When its time to pay attention, they do. Let em have an iphone, and let the accountants get upset with AT&T and push congress to change the monopoly on captive service provider.

Thanks for the article Cash, this is hilarious.

[stewart12]

pieces of work.

[Kaloyan]

I can just imagine it, hundreds of members of Congress spamming the forums with "HELP my iPhone is bricked!!!!" but seriously I don't understand why they need an iPhone its not like its even designed specifically to be used in a business setting. Its going to make me feel all good inside when im filling out my tax forms...

[sziklassy]

I will also point out that with the subsidy of $200, the iPhone is probably going to cost "our tax dollars" as much as any other phone they have been using prior to the iPhone )e.g. blackberry, palm, etc.) Most likely it will not be an INCREASE in spending anyhow, so it should make no difference to those worried about taxes. If you are going to argue they don;t NEED an iPhone you may as well argue they don't NEED a phone since the costs are probably the same.

[WillyDavidK]

Just wait, in a couple years when a third of them are up for re-election I can't wait to see the political ads:

"Congressman Jones was found with 32 cracked ipas on his government-funded iPhone. Do you really want this thief in office?"

roflz

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Originally Posted by bluaeon

hahaha... they want to switch cuz maybe when they get bored, they can download some games and play. hahaha

Or some financial management software...

[zues79]

Originally Posted by WillyDavidK

Just wait, in a couple years when a third of them are up for re-election I can't wait to see the political ads:

"Congressman Jones was found with 32 cracked ipas on his government-funded iPhone. Do you really want this thief in office?"

roflz

lmao that is hillarious!! people probably would try using this against each other haha

[Imahottguy]

Wow... what an abuse of power. Why do they need 'company' phones in the first place? Do they make so little that the service will cost them too much? That's the problem here. iPhone, blackberry, SideKick- I don't care which device it is. I just can't seem to understand how this is acceptable... They make just about $170K a year and yet we (in one way or another) are paying for their phones?? (And yes I know that not all of the employees of the Congress make that much, I'm just trying to prove a point).

[khaoticsquirrel]

I'm pretty sure that 99% of them have an iPhone anyways, not just as their Government-issued phone. They used their mysterious untaxed, unclaimed millions that they somehow acquire for the iPhone, but now they don't want to pay at all, they just want Congress to hike up the taxes for them to get a new iPhone. They're all crooks and scumbags, just disguised as higher authorities. Only difference between politicians and serial killers are that politicians wear suits to work.