This is stupid. Goes against his whole campaign about "change". Typical politician.
Anyhow, there's been PLENTY of time for folks to get ready for this cutoff, why would another 4 months matter? besides, the government should not need to come up with funding for vouchers for people to watch TV. There are much bigger problems with our country and economy, and a few rabbit ear TV's going blank shouldn;t be on the top of that list. How about using that money for unemployment assistance? TV is not a need.
However, the public owns the airwaves. And since our government stands to make billions of dollars by leasing these frequencies, the least they can do is make sure that this system continues to be available to everyone in case of national or regional emergencies.
There are other considerations to consider. Its not just about whether people can get their American Idol.
That's funny, a commissioner at the the FCC seems disagree with you. Michael J. Copps claims:
"Using the public airwaves is a privilege — a lucrative one — not a right, and I fear the F.C.C. has not done enough to stand up for the public interest."
If the airwaves in the US are not the collective property of the citizens of the united states, who on earth do you think owns them? They may be administered by our government on our behalf but the government exists to serve us, not the other way around.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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This is stupid. Goes against his whole campaign about "change". Typical politician.
Anyhow, there's been PLENTY of time for folks to get ready for this cutoff, why would another 4 months matter? besides, the government should not need to come up with funding for vouchers for people to watch TV. There are much bigger problems with our country and economy, and a few rabbit ear TV's going blank shouldn;t be on the top of that list. How about using that money for unemployment assistance? TV is not a need.
you do realize they are spending millions f dollars on vouchers to in tern get BILLIONS for auctioning it off right???
I don't think the transition should be postponed.
However, the public owns the airwaves. And since our government stands to make billions of dollars by leasing these frequencies, the least they can do is make sure that this system continues to be available to everyone in case of national or regional emergencies.
There are other considerations to consider. Its not just about whether people can get their American Idol.
Um, the airwaves are not public. There should be no confusion about that.
That's funny, a commissioner at the the FCC seems disagree with you.
Michael J. Copps claims:
"Using the public airwaves is a privilege — a lucrative one — not
a right, and I fear the F.C.C. has not done enough to stand up for
the public interest."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/opinion/02copps.html
If the airwaves in the US are not the collective property of the
citizens of the united states, who on earth do you think owns them?
They may be administered by our government on our behalf but the
government exists to serve us, not the other way around.