http://www.indy.com/posts/3306 en-us archetype I think it's irresponsible of our elected officials to allocate money to the coupon program for continued television viewing. In the grand scheme of priorities, I'd like to see that $1.5 billion giveaway directed at something more pressing than our perpetual entertainment. What would $1.5 billion do if it were applied to issues like children with no health insurance, who go to school hungry, who come home to an empty house, who live in a crime and drug-infested neighborhood, who don't finish school, who turn to a gang for acceptance they don't get at home, who are shot dead in the street by their peers? Our willfull ignorance of human need is utterly damning of our present culture: our children may be ill, hungry, uneducated, and endangered, but, by God, they still have television. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:34:35 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/3306#comment_10254 http://www.indy.com/posts/3306#comment_10254