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Sorting Through the Analog to Digital TV Mess
H_Fisher writes "CNN offers an article from Fortune magazine, giving a look at the problems surrounding the mandatory switch from analog to digital TV in the U.S., now slated for 2009. 'Managing this transition -- which will render about 70 million TV sets obsolete -- will be not be easy,' Marc Gunther writes. Among the problems: millions of American households without cable or satellite access will lose free access to news and weather along with the rest of their broadcast fare. Uncle Sam's solution? 'Yes, the very same federal government that is cutting back on college loans and food stamps will soon be issuing TV vouchers' - $1.5 billion to help U.S. households buy new digital TV equipment."
The net gain ($10b - $1.5b) would still be a revenue influx of $8.5b.
The net gain ($10b - $1.5b) for Halliburton would still be a revenue influx of $8.5b.
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The post you QUOTED from the article forces me to take the issue up with you, not them.
And, to tell the truth, it really LOOKS like you're saying that the rich in this country have too much of a tax burden on them, and the poor aren't pulling their weight. This is the dumbest thing I've heard all year. (mind you, it IS early in the year) Breaking the backs, hearts, and minds of those that give the labor of thier life so that you can buy a yacht (and so they can afford to eat, and pay MOST of the bills, MOST of the time) isn't enough?
And about that last bit. I never said TECHNOLOGY makes us dumb, I truely believe that the internet (and schizo as it is) s helping to undue the dumbing down wrought upon us by TV. Oh, and correcting my spelling? BRILLIANT! You too-smart-for-the-rest-of-slashdot superior mind you.
Personal REsposibility he says, ahhh yes, social darwinism at it's greatest. Let's see, the people have to accept 2minimum wage jobs (or JUST above) in order to feed their families and pay the rent, while paying out 4/5ths of one of those checks a week to childcare in order to sqeeze that last 20% out of the second check to pay the bills. Not that many people in this country have a pension anymore, but if you do, when it gets taken by those who need to have a 10 million dollar party for their 13 y/o daughter, well, you just weren't resposible enough to have been born wealthy.
You don't want anything even CLOSE to personal resposibility to be a driving force, you just want a reason to tell the people whose lives you're marginalizing that it's their fault you have their money.