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But we will all waste it on new plasma TVs, made in China, shout the naysayers. No we won't, reply the economic experts, we will spend it on items produced locally, thus boosting the local economy! Stop arguing and just give us the money, cry the tax-paying public.
We are all going digital, cries the media-funded government. You must all throw out the old analogue TVs and buy new digital TVs!
There's even an ad campaign: Buy a new digital TV now, before it's too late! The ad campaign is starting in the east, where analogue TV will start to disappear a bit sooner that elsewhere.
Is this stupid, or what?!
The government has been criticised for giving away $900. One of the grounds for criticism is, that we will just spend the $900 on a made-in-China digital TV.Then the government starts to advertise, Buy your new digital TV now -- before the old-style analogue is switched off. Why is analogue about to be switched off? Because the government said so.
On the one hand, the government says, Here is $900... I'm sure that you will spend it on local products and not on new digital TVs. On the other hand, the government is saying, Now you must go out and buy a new digital TV.
Cut out the middle man
The government could give each and every tax payer a new, made in China, large screen plasma digital TV.Think of the discount for such a bulk purchase! Why, it would probably only cost about... $900... per set...
And solve two problems with one decision. So simple. So obvious.
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