>Senator wants $3B in digital TV aid
>Subsidy plan would ensure older TV sets still work after broadcasters switch to digital signals.
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>"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said Wednesday he plans to propose a $3 billion subsidy program to ensure older television sets still work when the transition to better quality, digital broadcasts is completed."
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>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/21/technology/digital_tv.reut
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>Why do we have to pay out of federal monies for people to watch soap operas in digital format? If they want it tso badly, let them pay for it!
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>And I thought these guys were professed "fiscal conservatives", yet they have created the biggest deficit in history. More spending, more corruption. When will this end?

You just don't get it Alex. They say they'll pay for it by selling off the analog airwaves. See, that's not taxpayers' (your) money, it's theirs. They won't be getting it from your taxes, they'll be getting it by sellling off their own private property. You probably think the Government doesn't have its own private property - that any such property belongs to the citizens of the country. How foolish you are.

If they don't use the money for something like this, it'll either just sit around gathering dust, or the lefties will get their hands on it and end up spending it on poverty improvement or education, or health, or who knows... something else equally stupid.

Alex, Alex, Alex... What are we going to do with you?