Stalled Switch to Digital TV A Classic Tale of BreakdownWith years of preparation, the government failed to get little coupons in the hands of those citizens in need. And the true-believers out there cling to the notion that that same government is going to fix the largest economy on the planet?
By Kim Hart and Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post Staff Writers
The nation's switch to all-digital broadcasts has been more than a decade in the making. The federal government has spent nearly $2 billion to help people prepare. Broadcasters spent another $1.2 billion to run warning ads and millions more to upgrade equipment. Until last week, the United States seemed ready to follow the half-dozen European countries that have made the switch.
But with two federal agencies in charge, no clear idea of how many people would be affected and constant partisan disagreements over money, the program foundered just before its long-standing Feb. 17 deadline. It has now been pushed back four months. [link]
I don't know who's more pathetic.
3 comments:
Want to bet they'll move a lot faster to implement geronticide foisted upon us by our baby murdering congress and the infanticider-in-chief when the "Stimulus Bill" becomes law?
You hit it on the head. I think the digital TV debacle is a great example of the uselessness of government. Of all the things government fails to do, this one has to have been one of the easiest ones.
In light of the fact that there are people who indeed still live by rabbit ears and that some of those won't do anything until they actually can't watch TV, just flip the switch. It will all sort itself out in short order.
Cannot print coupons...and yet people want to government to be in charge of healthcare...crazy stuff.
...Al...
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