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H.R. 2738, The Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007
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HBB
This is nothing more than another piece of nonsense in the incessant stream of government nannyism, ALL OF WHICH MUST BE STOPPED. Parents already have the empowerments to control TV content. They're called remote controls and ON/OFF switches.
Karen
Yes, I agree that parents do have control by using the ON/OFF switch. But that is not the sum of the bill. The aspect of this bill that appeals to me is the choice NOT to pay for the 80 million channels I don't watch. The way the cable industry presents packages to us is the same as walking into a restaurant and being told that regardless of what you eat from the menu, you will be charged for ALL of the items on the menu. Yes, you could walk out of the restaurant and go to another one (switch cable companies), but they all operate like that. True, you could also go home and eat something from your sparsely stocked refrigerator (watch regular local channels) or you could choose not to eat at all (stop watching TV). Why is the cable industry afraid to offer choice? If a company offered option number three, the opt-out option, I would sign up in a New York minute!