Sorry Big Bird, But the Dumbest Waste of Tax Dollars Is (Finally!) About to Die

DC Journal ^ | 7/17/25 | Michael Graham

[DallasBiff]

Early Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the $9 billion rescission bill, bringing the country one step closer to ending the most egregious and indefensible federal spending in the modern era.

Public broadcasting.

The $500 million a year that taxpayers are forced to fork over for government radio and TV is such a small slice of the $7 trillion spending total, it’s more like a spending “scrape” than a cut. But what these federal funds lack in volume, they make up in stupidity.

Whatever the merits of a government-funded radio and TV network in the era of AM radios and VCRs, spending even a single dollar on broadcasting in the America of 2025 is beyond insane. There are literally more Americans who own cellphones than can receive an NPR radio signal.

[Fiji Hill]

I’ve never seen the Big Bird show in my life. Everybody is raving about it, so if it is so great, then some privately-owned network should jump at the chance to get it.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

>> the government that is literally going broke

[The Great RJ]

Your local PBS stations are constantly running telethons to support their programing and some have quasi commercials. If there are those who want the snooze feasts of PBS programming (the SNL skits aren’t far from the truth) or listen to wild propaganda programming let them pay. The latest ploy that PBS/NPR stations provide vital programming during emergencies and disasters is laughable. Stick a fork in Big Bird he is done.