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That's not the freaking point. How do you like paying way more for drugs than I pay? The drug companies are still making money here just not as much that they make on the backs of Americans. It's a very simple concept to understand.
First of all they turn a profit because they sell ads. Channel 5 has been broadcasting LONG before cable or satellite TV was ever heard of. For most of that time it was the CBS affiliate here in Atlanta until CBS gave up the channel and moved to channel 46 so it become a Fox channel. So they have always made a profit there and probably a good one. It is just now that they are greedy and have decided that several million a year in ad profits just is not enough so they want to gouge the cable TV company who will ten pass the cost to the subscriber. Secondly, I do not have the option of putting a TV antenna on the roof. We live in a strict HOA community and they frown on any antennas or satellite dishes that are visible on the home. And rabbit ears do not work here with digital TV. The towers on Briarcliff Rd are too far for me to get a decent signal that does not cut out all the time.
Finally the local Fox station is important to me because they are the only station that has local news at 10:00. All the others have news at 11:00 and when you have to get up for work at 5:30 AM, it is not an option to watch TV late at night. Typically I watch Fox 5 news at 10:00 and then watch Jay Leno from the night before on the DVR at 10:30 which allows me to sleep at 11:30. So by cutting off that signal, Fox is keeping me from getting my local news, weather and sports.
I am amazed. You come here all the time full of knowledge about everything and you don't know this, " In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules for over-the-air reception devices. The rules prohibit restrictions on a property owneror tenant's right to install, maintain or use an antenna to receive video programming from direct broadcast satellites, broadband radio services and television broadcast stations. However, there are exceptions to the rules, including provisions for safety and preservation of historic areas, according to the FCC Web site.
Dish antennas must be 39.37 inches or less in diameter. Under the rules, an owner or a tenant has the right to install an antenna on property that he owns or over which he has exclusive use or control. This includes single-family homes, condominiums, cooperatives, town homes and manufactured homes.
Finally, if you believe an antenna restriction is invalid, you can file a petition for declaratory ruling with the FCC. The petition should include a description of the facts, including the restriction you're disputing; contact information for all parties involved in the dispute; copies of the exact language of the restriction; and any relevant correspondence.
That's not the freaking point. How do you like paying way more for drugs than I pay? The drug companies are still making money here just not as much that they make on the backs of Americans. It's a very simple concept to understand.
Honestly did I just ask if Lucknow actually speaks from a position of knowledge rather than directly out his rectum? Thats funny, because I should have known better, your ignorance is shining through again my friend...I actually feel sorry for you.
That is reality. Compare the prices of meds between the USA Canada. Yhey are way less here and the only reason they charge so much more in the USA is because they can.
Tell me,what is it about that you don't understand?
FALSE.. They charge more here because they have to provide insurance companies and ah.. government (cough) cheaper rates, cost shifting the expense onto others.. You also dont understand there is a HUGE difference between published price, and paying price..
If they charged more in america "because they can", they would also charge more in Canada "because they can".. If you own a patent, it cant be infringed upon regardless of what country its being sold..
Honestly did I just ask if Lucknow actually speaks from a position of knowledge rather than directly out his rectum? Thats funny, because I should have known better, your ignorance is shining through again my friend...I actually feel sorry for you.
It looks like finally the government is doing what it should do and protecting the American public against the FAILURE of the PRIVATE sector! This is exactly the proper role of government- to regulate the private sector to protect the public from excessive profiteering.
Technically speaking, the delegation of authority to regulate commercial use of radio transmissions that "trespass" upon private property is a legitimate exercise of power.
However, the abuse of the people, whose property is trespassed upon, for profit, is most grievous, especially when transmitted broadcasts are barred from the general public, via proprietary means.
Except that such polcies have never worked in well-documented hellholes such as Hitler's Germany, Red China under Chairman Mao, or numerous countries in Africa which are overflowingwith precious resources such as oil, silver & gold, but are strangled by dictatorships
Wow - with all the problems this country faces, why is the federal government wasting it's time and efforts on this kind of thing?
Don't be negative, malamute. The Federal Government has done some fantastic work in this last session with their tackling the nation-dividing issue of steroid use in baseball and meeting with world-renowned immigration policy expert Steven Colbert.
It looks like finally the government is doing what it should do and protecting the American public against the FAILURE of the PRIVATE sector! This is exactly the proper role of government- to regulate the private sector to protect the public from excessive profiteering.
when the private sector fails, it is the duty of the goverment to stay out of the failure of business.
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