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[salin]

why was congress MANDATING that all tvs become digital? Why were they mandating that folks hard spent money on tvs would be suddenly obsolete - DUE TO CONGRESS, not due to demand of the market place?

That if there is any govt involvement in helping the poor convert - it is not to the benefit of the Poor - it is to the benefit of tv manufacturers, and cable outlets to sell more products (replace your tv with a fabulous NEW hdtv - digital...) and more services (up the cost for digital service for the cable companies). To pass such legislation and HUGE forced giveaway of consumer dollars to the manfucaturers and cable companies - was to guaranteee that suddenly a chunk of the population would not have access to tv at all - that is unacceptable on several fronts - but for advertisers (there is always a profit motive) who pray on lower income families ... they wouldn't have access anymore to those consumers... so to make the giveaway (ala make the co.s richer) palatable -- and to ensure that profits from advertisers are not cut into with the switch to digital... make a provision to ensure that older tvs in lower income homes can be converted...

Ask him why he THINKS that congress would pass such a measure if it isn't the above logic.