Cui Bono?

As things develop in our current climate of corporate interests, it makes me wonder why certain laws are passed. Why do our legislatures feel that it is so important to make it a law. Two recent laws, meant to make life easier for the masses, are the hands-less cell phone law and the Digital TV Transition Law.
Studies show that the use of a hand less cell phone versus using your hands does not make driving safer. The fact is, you are still not paying complete attention to your driving. So who benefits from this law? Who is the driving force? I would think think that large corporations, such as Motorola, have made some big profits since the law was enacted on July 1st. By it, consumers are forced to spend money on new headsets. Sure, spending money helps our economy, but at what cost? Anytime I was driving anywhere and someone cut me off, or just wasn't paying attention it was usually because they had their phone to their head. Since July, people are still driving like Buttfaced Miscreants.
The second law is the Digital TV Transition Act put forth by the FCC (A Federal Bureaucracy not immune from Corporate Lobbyists). This law forces consumers who do not own a digital TV, have cable or satellite to purchase a converter box through your cable company. Yes, that means that Comcast, Clear Channel, Viacom and other globalist corporate entities will gain huge profits at the expense of the hapless consumer.
The converter box coupon program would "help" lower income people purchase the converter box through a federal grant. So, our (on the verge of bankruptcy) federal government will be giving already rich corporations more money. Wow.
Luckily, I keep seeing the commercials for this on the Fox Network, which made me suspicious right off the bat. And those commercials run extremely often, which reminds me that the more you hear about something the less you question it.