After several years of warnings and months of TV ads telling us the Digital TV conversion will take place on February 17, and after distributing $1.34 billion worth of coupons for $40 off on a digital converter box, Congress decided to delay the transition because some Americans may not be ready yet.
If they're not ready now, they never will be. One must assume that affected Americans already have television sets, and that they watch them on a fairly regular basis. If that's right, then they've surely seen the ads bombarding the airwaves. Those voting for the delay say that "the delay was necessary to not only disburse more coupons but also help educate people about issues that arise from the transition." Number 1, they have no more coupons to disburse right now. Number 2, people have had a year to request coupons -- if they haven't done it yet, when do you think they'll get around to it? Number 3, if they haven't seen the "educational" PSA's yet, they don't watch much TV anyway. Rep. Anna Eschoo from California said, "We are not ready for this transition. We can fix these problems and minimize this catastrophe if we pass this legislation." Catastrophe? Give me a break! From what I've seen on TV lately, losing the signal wouldn't be too much of a loss.
What it boils down to is an insulting proposition -- Congress thinks people are too dumb to take care of themselves.
Paris News funny for the day: A February 6 headline states, "Star Gazers look to the stars." Imagine that.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/05/BU5L15N8V6.DTL&feed=rss.business
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