Re: *** you converter coupon government *** suckers

Sam Spade wrote:
phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:20:56 -0700 Sam Spade <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
| |> |> He already has free television. The government is taking it away. There will
|> be riots in the street on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. The government was
|> hoping to avoid that. I guess the riots are back on.
|> | | Oh, so he didn't pay for his NTSC set to watch free analog OTA?
| | Unless I am missing something ATSC OTA will still be OTA come next February.

Yup, you're missing something. What you are missing is that the government
has decided to make the NTSC set he paid for, and expected to be able to use
for the life of the set, no longer work. The purpose of the coupon is to
at least _partially_ cover the cost of making the NTSC set he paid for, and
expected to be able to use for the life of the set, continue to work when all
the OTA transmissions are in ATSC.

Even had the feds not made converters an entitlement program he still would have been able to buy one for the price of a couple of cartons of Lucky Strikes and a six pack of ABC Beer.

But I don't smoke or drink.
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