DTV Coupons have run out

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Originally Posted by camper

The fundamental problem, is that watching TV is not a right!!

Besides--people getting TV from off-air have to buy antennas just to get a signal, so they're accustomed to having to making a one-time purchase. Now they get to make another one. They're getting TV essentially for free, so they can suck it up and buy a $40 box on their own.

If you can't afford a $40 box in the year-or-so that TV stations have been talking about it, then perhaps you should be finding a job to make up the $4.00 per month you could have socked away instead of watching Oprah. And if that's not an option, emergency signals will still be broadcast over radio, and even the poorest of the poor has a radio.

camper

I agree wholeheartly that watching TV is not a right, but i think the govt. should provide converter boxes and paid for 100% of it to those who really need it and those who don't. This is due to the fact that the govt. is making $$$ with selling and/our using the analog waves for their own personal gain.

Those who qualify:

- The elderly who are living on tight incomes.
- Those who qualify for disability
- Those who have served our country
- Those who have jobs and are living in poverty

Those who don't;

- The elderly that have massive nest eggs that are penny pinchers and refuse to upgrade.
- Those who are unemployeed and not actively searching for a job.
- People that don't live in poverty, but have money to pay a one time $40/TV charge.
- and probably more.