--- Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
>
> It's not that hard to understand; getting back the
> wasted spectrum that
> analog TV (ab)uses today is worth far more to the
> government than the
> $1.5B this will cost. It may be being pitched as
> "cool new tech" but
> it's really a sensical reallocation of a scarce,
> valuable reseource.
>
> Now if only there was some way for the government to
> mandate resource
> allocation of another kind, like, say, by raising
> standards for fuel
> economy.
[WS:] Your last sentence nicely contradicts your earlier argument. If it were for economic effciency, as you claim, the government would mandate similar changes in other, far more costly areas, such as fuel efficiency, health care or land use. The fact that it does not clearly indicates that the claimed effciency is really an ex post facto rationalization manufactured by closet apologists of US capitalism - and the real reason is something else and far more obvious - handouts to well connected businessmen, which has always been the essence of American crony capitalism from the day this country was founded.
Wojtek
____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping