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Senate Approves 4-Month Delay In Digital TV Switch
DJRumpy sends word that the US Senate has voted to delay the switch to digital TV until June. "The transition date would move to June 12 from February 17 under the bill that was fueled by worries that viewers are not technically ready for the Congressionally mandated switch-over. It would also allow consumers with expired coupons, available from the government to offset the cost of a $40 converter box, to request new coupons. The government ran out of coupons earlier this month, and about 2.5 million Americans are on a waiting list for them."
...They say that there was not enough funding....
That's easy to fix. Just give the bailout money now going to rich bankers, stock gamblers (analysts & brokers), mega corporation's overpaid senior executives and other rich moneybags to the grandma's on the converter coupon waiting list. There is enough money going to these leeches to buy a new HD TV set for all those poor grandmas.
All theory is gray
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I freely admit I'm losing patience.
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