DTV Coupons have run out

[Purplegrasshopper]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

no very conservative.

the govt. is making money off of selling analog bandwith, money will be used even more poorly if they handled it.

im not willing to give a box to the lazy or to people who can afford it (hey i bought a 4 figure TV, least they can do if they want to be stuck in the stone age is pony up $40/tv), only to the people who really, truly need it and deserve it. lazy people and the irresponsible don't qualify for one. people looking to rip the govt. off don't get one either.

So you actually think our government is "making money" off of selling bandwidth? Must be the same as them making money off our income taxes, huh? If the government is making money, why does our national debt continue to grow every single day?

And how do you define "truly need" and "deserve"? You can't. Because those terms are so subjective that every single person will have a different answer.

Instead of trying to figure out ways to deliver hand-outs and freebies to our "less privileged," how about trying to figure out ways to change our culture and society so that we wouldn't produce such less privileged people in the first place?