Something Reagan’s budgets never proposed.
Trump promised to build a wall, drain the swamp, rebuild the infrastructure and the military, fix the VA, repeal and replace O care, bring education local and work for unity. He never whispered a peep about defunding PBS. That’s the battle cry of folks who are no less ideologue and over-weaning than the Obots who tried to get rid of our lightbulbs. I don’t know what people think they’re “winning” by shutting down Masterpiece Theatre. Way to bring the country together, folks.
Unfortunately, PBS seems inextricably bound up with NPR and NEA, both political weapons of the Left I’d gladly do without. A good portion of PBS programming is fairly neutral, politically; the Memorial Day and July 4th programs help balance out lib offerings. I continue to hope PBS funding will be used as a negotiating chip to help bring in enough votes to pass the budget. If not, we may be looking at PBS subscription fees to view some of its best stuff.