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Re: This Program Deserves To Fail Since when is it the taxpayers' responsibility to guarantee peoples' "right" to watch TV anyway?
MAYBE someone can tell me, WHEN did watching a tv or even local channels BECOME A RIGHT that people in the USA have?
watching or owning a tv is not a necessity item,(like food,water,rct)
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| said by whocares0:MAYBE someone can tell me, WHEN did watching a tv or even local channels BECOME A RIGHT that people in the USA have? That is not the right we are talking about, but I assume you know that and were making a rhetorical comment.
Might want to check out the 5th amendment. I've highlighted the relevant section.
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Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
»www.usconstitution.net/const.html
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said by whocares0:Since when is it the taxpayers' responsibility to guarantee peoples' "right" to watch TV anyway? MAYBE someone can tell me, WHEN did watching a tv or even local channels BECOME A RIGHT that people in the USA have? watching or owning a tv is not a necessity item,(like food,water,rct) jazzy Government auctioned off spectrum, making private property effectively worthless. As a compensation, they are 'fixing' some of them, using the money earned from the sale to give converter boxes to users. | |
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