Actually, the opposite is true and that is what precipitated this crisis. People have stopped waiting and are acting now. That's why processing times are increasing and funds have been exhausted.

When the government condemns your house so they can build a road over the property, you deserve to be compensated. The government condemned the analog spectrum so they could auction it off. The digital television conversion is a "taking", and the people forced out deserve some compensation for their costs. That compensation is not being paid with tax dollars, but through a portion of revenues from selling off that spectrum.