>>>In my area, Comcast only offers Military and the Discovery Channels with their most expensive packages. It's either pay their $72.49 a month Silver plan or you're getting none of it.
I am theoretically in favor of a la carte, but I don't think it would necessarily make cable any less expensive. You'd just be paying the same for what you already watch. The cable companies already know what you're willing to pay for their service, and now they will be selling you fewer channels for close to the same amount of money.
This probably won't happen anyway. The cable companies will probably tie this up in court forever. They will probably also complain that the logistics of having a customized program in every household is just too much to handle.