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To: Las Vegas Dave
The cavalier comments from some (government and private industry) officials that people will just 'figure it out later' are shameful.

Hardly. If people haven't figured out what they need to do by now it is hard to imagine that more time will improve matters.

The idea of the government subsidizing TV viewing and even purchasing TV hardware is laughable. I want a Wii can they help me out with that?

18 posted on 01/15/2009 7:04:04 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter
I want a Wii can they help me out with that?

Sure, just wiggle your way into some of that bailout money and skip the FCC altogether...

19 posted on 01/15/2009 7:11:09 PM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Straight Vermonter
The idea of the government subsidizing TV viewing and even purchasing TV hardware is laughable.

Why? Exisiting property is being made obsolete by goverment fiat. Also the federal goverment is getting almost $20 billion in revenue from the resale of the VHS frequencies previously used by TV broadcasters. Using a small portion of the revenues generated by spectrum sales (actually rentals) to help people pay for equipment to get through the transition is reasonable.

21 posted on 01/15/2009 7:15:04 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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