The converters are expected to go for $70-$90, the rebate is for I think $40.
The rebates will be paid for by the auctioned “white space” between-channel spaces that will be unused by the digital signal.
The ‘white space’ will be used by cops and emergency services etc.
They will make far more from the sale of that freed up broadcast space than the rebates will cost.
So quit your screeching and be glad that some will get a lousy $40 discount on the expense of the government mandated obsolescence of our television sets.
Sophistry.