NPR is speaking out of both sides of their mouths, claiming that taxpayer funding amounts to only a small percentage of their revenue yet they seem genuinely fearful that public funding will be cut off.
Which is it?
I say we find out by ending all taxpayer subsidies not only of NPR, but also of PBS and CPB. If our budget is in such dire straights, it’s really indefensible to waste our money on something the private sector provides very well.
And, while we’re at it, let’s defund the “arts”. The same logic applies. Times are tough, the budget is tight and we really can’t justify such trash (um, I mean, “art”) when we are up to our eyeballs in debt.
Absolutely they should be cut off. They’re day has come and gone. I have access to over 200 channels of programming, not to mention the internet. And guess what? For the most part, all the channels and all the websites find a way to support themselves. I can not think of one single reason why one dime of public money should be wasted on an entity that cannot support itself my delivering value to a targeted demographic. Most mothers quit breastfeeding their young when the young get their teeth. Time for NPR to fly or die.
These assinine twits need a pink slip from us.
It’s time to investigate every tax exempt political action organization in the US! I see estimates that NPR actually receives ~ 15% of its operating revenue from the Fed’s theft of taxpayer dollars but another 25% comes from their pitiful whining to the listening base. If 1/2 the listeners + the 15% from the taxpayer thievery were to disappear they would lose ~ 30%....but if NPR & PBS lose their tax exemption status also they would likely find themselves out of business.