My thoughts exactly. And what better way of doing it than making the taxpayer pay for it?
I don't care how little of my money goes to NPR-Air America, it makes me sick knowing I have to support their garbage in any way.
I used to listen to my local NPR for the classical music, but now that they recently announced that they've decided to get rid of much of their music programming and replace it with commentary, I never listen to it. I don't know how they're getting away with this.
Here is a whole article on this subject:
Radio Silence. How NPR purged classical music from its airwaves.