Posted on 03/18/2019 8:33:14 PM PDT by davikkm
resident Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget for 2020 aims to cut all funding for PBS and NPR, along with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
The president’s request, unveiled in its entirety on Monday, calls on Congress to kill $435 million in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and $126 million from the NEA. The budget, which will spend $4.7 trillion on mandatory and discretionary programs, would leave just enough money to wind down operations of the CPB and NEA.
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Taxpayers funding NPR and PBS makes about as much sense as Trump personally funding CNN.
Bout time.
It won’t happen, of course.
True.
Works for me!
who ray! MAGA!
Will be fabulous if it happens. Include Planned Parenthood while you at it.
Those poor Nicaraguan children won’t get to see Big Bird.
Nice. Thanks for trying Donald!
The Deep State seems to love these state-run media outlets, so I’m not optimistic - but it doesn’t hurt to try.
He should tell mitt to lead the way since he supported it when he ran for president. Let’s see if mitt gets behind the president.
Remember how Mitt Romney wanted to do this?
And the liberals charged that Romney wanted to kill Big Bird?
Then Romney came back and said he loves Big Bird?
Expect similar charges that Trump wants to kill off PBS and NPR programming.
The issue here is not an issue of wanting to kill off these networks, the issue is government funding for them.
But the liberals will present it as an issue of Trump wanting to kill off those networks.
Not one GOPe Repub will vote for it.
The usual idiots claimed that the taxpayers still had to fund PBS because public television wasn't allowed to touch those profits, according to the law.
Well then, CHANGE THE FRICKIN' LAW!!
I'm actually a fan of PBS, to a great extent. But it can certainly pay for itself and still be a breed apart from commercial television. It can also keep the annual "Festival" pledge drives going (which I also wouldn't mind if nothing else than for the hot babes they always seem to employ at the local affiliates when they come on camera begging for money...)
>>Remember how Mitt Romney wanted to do this?
And the liberals charged that Romney wanted to kill Big Bird?
Then Romney came back and said he loves Big Bird?
Expect similar charges that Trump wants to kill off PBS and NPR programming.<<
Heck, President Trump will tweet a picture of him eating a turkey drumstick with a few yellow feathers.
Where is a Line Item Veto when you really need one?
President Trump Making America Great Again!
Expect similar charges that Trump wants to kill off PBS and NPR programming.
Good luck with that.
Good. Neither has any business getting taxpayer money.
Even as a kindergartner decades ago I sensed someone was trying to shovel crap at me when I turned the channel knob through their kids’ shows.
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