From: scott donaldson <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: 9/22/2006 2:59:47 PM
Subject: Coupon comments...

Here is my comment:

Please help me decide what to do. I have an old analog TV set. I make way
>too much money for any coupons the government will be issuing for
>converter boxes. I receive over the air broadcasts, not cable or
>satellite. I use rabbit ears because I refuse to pay for something we
>already pay for in the products we buy. The ads pay for the broadcasting
>and we pay for the ads in our product prices. Now... I am told I must
>convert to cable or purchase a set top box to get what I already get. I
>won't replace my TV as it is just fine.
>
>Why should I allow the government to force me to pay for something that
I
>have already paid for, again, by making me purchase a new TV, converter
or cable?
>
>See the problem here? No, I am not poor. Yes, I could pay for any of
>these items. That is not the issue here. I cannot allow the government
to
>force me to pay for free television!
>
>Give me a free converter box, please... or my TV will just go dark in
>2009. Where do I sign? Send the paperwork or other information to take
>care of this. If not, I guess I won't watch TV in this country after the
cutoff date. I am a voter. Don't I have a say in my TV going blank?
>
>Mr. Scott Donaldson
>Fort Worth, Texas
>An American voter