 washington s paying the bill for cell phones  do you look at your telephone bill every month i mean really look have you ever wondered what all those surcharges and fees are for a portion of those monthly fees go to the universal service fund which was created to help promote the availability of qualify services at just reasonable and affordable rates and those funds go to provide discounts for installation and monthly service charges for a landline or cell phone for lowincome americans you can imagine what a popular program it has become how much does this benefit cost the taxpayers is anyone minding the store read more at  newsyahoocom washingtonfootingcellphonebillmillionslowincome202 