Jeremy Phillips

I don’t get it. When I was poor I didn’t even have money to buy an antenna, now my tax dollars are paying for digital converter boxes? This is definitely not the change I was hoping for…

At the request of the incoming Obama Administration, leading members of Congress have drafted legislation to delay the digital TV transition for close to four months, justifying their action as a way to protect needy Americans from losing access to their local TV station programming. But is this the real reason for the delay?

In 2005, Congress passed legislation granting every American household the right to request up to two coupons (worth $40 each) to purchase a digital-to-analog TV converter box. The goal was to ensure that no household would lose access to their local TV station’s programming after February 17, 2009, when those stations would have to stop transmitting analog signals over the public airwaves.

via Don’t delay the digital TV transition: Page 1.

And this is teaching the next generation to be responsible how? I believe Henry Ford has one of the best quotes for this situation. It’s one that I most definitely agree with…

“Let them fail; let everybody fail! I made my fortune when I had nothing to start with, by myself and my own ideas. Let other people do the same thing. If I lose everything in the collapse of our financial structure, I will start in at the beginning and build it up again.” — Henry Ford, February 11th 1934

From the article:

The $825 billion economic stimulus package rolled out by Democrats on Thursday might not be enough to prevent an economic catastrophe, according to the chief architect of the package.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey D-Wis. also told reporters it may not be the last effort to use big government spending to spur the economy.

“This represents the largest effort by any legislative body in the world to take government action to prevent economic catastrophe,” Obey said, “and even that may be insufficient alone.”

Later in his briefing, he added, “This product may undershoot the mark.”

The bill could be voted on in committee next Wednesday. That’s the day after the inauguration of President-elect Obama — or, as Obey put it, “the day after the crown prince is sworn in.”

via TheHill.com – Rep. Obey not sure $825B stimulus is enough.