This is just the tip of the iceberg when voters choose socialism and tight government regulation over a free market economy. They needed to just rip that band-aid off. Now the government has chosen hurricane season instead of winter to have the elderly and uninformed figure out they need a digital converter to see local TV. Seems like they could have provided emergency funds for those still needing coupons at a lower cost to taxpayers than the delay. But, that's right, I forgot, this government is all about spending more and getting bigger. My mistake.
and since tv pounded the february 17th transition date for a year now, when it comes around, the people who were worried they'd lose their signal are still gonna be able to get a tv signal, so they'll think that they're okay and survived the transition.
Equating this delay with "socialism" indicates a pretty high degree of ignorance on your part. Note that the digital transition is not, and never was, driven by a "free market economy". Instead, it has always been a government imposed deadline. The only thing that has changed is the particular day that the government is telling broadcasters to shut down their analog transmitters. Needless to say, February 17 isn't a "free market" day to do this any more than June 12 is a "socialist" day for the shut down.
I think that delaying the transition is a mistake, but not because of any concerns over "socialism" versus "free markets". My concern is that we're merely delaying the pain for those who will procrastinate about getting ready for digital TV, while causing a real headache for broadcasters who have scheduled transmitter and antenna installations for the original date.
Tom, I am gonna guess he is referring to the government being expected to provide converter boxes to people as socialism. The goverment in a socialistic society expects the government to provide all the "necessities" Much like many other things people think that the government must provide people, television is not a "right". On top of what has already been paid, the new bill allows for an additional $650 million in converter coupons. Once the government started doing this no one was going to pay full price.
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This is just the tip of the iceberg when voters choose socialism and tight government regulation over a free market economy. They needed to just rip that band-aid off. Now the government has chosen hurricane season instead of winter to have the elderly and uninformed figure out they need a digital converter to see local TV. Seems like they could have provided emergency funds for those still needing coupons at a lower cost to taxpayers than the delay. But, that's right, I forgot, this government is all about spending more and getting bigger. My mistake.
Agreed 100%
and since tv pounded the february 17th transition date for a year now, when it comes around, the people who were worried they'd lose their signal are still gonna be able to get a tv signal, so they'll think that they're okay and survived the transition.
Equating this delay with "socialism" indicates a pretty high degree of ignorance on your part. Note that the digital transition is not, and never was, driven by a "free market economy". Instead, it has always been a government imposed deadline. The only thing that has changed is the particular day that the government is telling broadcasters to shut down their analog transmitters. Needless to say, February 17 isn't a "free market" day to do this any more than June 12 is a "socialist" day for the shut down.
I think that delaying the transition is a mistake, but not because of any concerns over "socialism" versus "free markets". My concern is that we're merely delaying the pain for those who will procrastinate about getting ready for digital TV, while causing a real headache for broadcasters who have scheduled transmitter and antenna installations for the original date.
Tom, I am gonna guess he is referring to the government being expected to provide converter boxes to people as socialism. The goverment in a socialistic society expects the government to provide all the "necessities" Much like many other things people think that the government must provide people, television is not a "right". On top of what has already been paid, the new bill allows for an additional $650 million in converter coupons. Once the government started doing this no one was going to pay full price.