[neverdem]

It was posted before minus the last nine paragraphs and the two links at the end.

[Mouton]

Two pronged approach: 1, remove any taxpayer direct funding. 2, remove their non profit exemption.

[dr_who]

Good question. As with a lot of publically funded left-wing organizations, it’s a shell game.

[Vince Ferrer]

Juan Williams is not the issue. They need to be defunded on principle. We’re broke, and they are 1) using taxpayer money and 2) unconstitutional.

[South40]

But NPR gets no direct public funding.

Senior Vice President Dana Davis Rehm said so.

[IncPen]

Here's what I think:

[Loyal Buckeye]

Absent Federal dollars that flow through CPB to NPR and the local NPR affilated stations (which is then paid to NPR in the form of programming charges), NPR would not exist.

[Izzy Dunne]

You always hear the "but it's only 2 percent" reply when you talk about de-funding.

To which I say, "If it's only 2 percent, then you're doing OK, and we ought to remove that 2 percent!"