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Trump Budget Proposes Killing All Funding for PBS, NPR and National Endowment for the Arts
The Wrap ^ | 03/16/17 | Thom Geier

Posted on 03/16/2017 5:16:56 AM PDT by Enlightened1

President Donald Trump made good on a long-time conservative goal in his first proposed budget Thursday morning, targeting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities for complete elimination.

Trump’s budget would zero out the $445 million budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a substantial source of funding for programming and broadcast operations on public TV stations and NPR radio stations nationwide, per the Washington Post.

The budget would also eliminate the budgets for both national endowments, which stood at $148 million each in 2016, as well as $230 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which supports libraries and museums. Additional cuts would affect two tourist mainstays in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art.

Combined, the four arts organizations account for less than 0.02 percent of the U.S. government’s $4.6 trillion budget.

Republicans have long put the NEA and the CPB in their budget crosshairs. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan attempted to shut down the NEA, but backed down from the plans after a task force including actor and Reagan friend Charlton Heston advised against it. Reagan did, however, make major cuts to the NEA’s budget.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 115th; arts; budget; defundnpr; federalfunding; first100days; fundingtheleft; nationalendowment; nea; npr; pbs; trump; trumpbudget; winning
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To: wildbill

The original idea is that the heritage of Western Civilization deserved collective support. NPR and all the other moochers have long since become enemies of the heritage of Western Civilization.


141 posted on 03/16/2017 12:21:59 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Enlightened1

Awesome!!!


142 posted on 03/16/2017 1:11:31 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Carthego delenda est

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQSO0RbmHBI


143 posted on 03/16/2017 3:14:24 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Enlightened1

Bye bye now


144 posted on 03/16/2017 5:33:00 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: LS

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.


145 posted on 03/16/2017 5:36:23 PM PDT by GoKnow
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To: Enlightened1

These are nothing but propaganda machines.


146 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:06 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Enlightened1

These are nothing but propaganda machines.


147 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:10 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Enlightened1

These are nothing but propaganda machines.


148 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:14 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Enlightened1

These are nothing but propaganda machines.


149 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:17 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Enlightened1

These are nothing but propaganda machines.


150 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:18 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: GoKnow

“the Memorial Day and July 4th programs help balance out lib offerings.”

Agreed——and the New Year concert from Vienna has been a “must see” for me.

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151 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:18 PM PDT by Mears
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To: GoKnow

I’m a big fan of Masterpiece and Masterpiece Mystery, but I also believe government should not be in the entertainment or cultural or arts business. If PBS disappears something will take it’s place.


152 posted on 03/16/2017 5:42:31 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Keep walking!


153 posted on 03/16/2017 6:07:16 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Enlightened1

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“Trump Budget Proposes Killing All Funding for PBS, NPR and National Endowment for the Arts”

Bravo!

Encore!
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154 posted on 03/16/2017 6:09:02 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: raybbr

Bump


155 posted on 03/16/2017 6:22:47 PM PDT by Kaslin ( In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving- Donald Trump)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Bump


156 posted on 03/16/2017 6:24:34 PM PDT by Kaslin ( In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving- Donald Trump)
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To: Enlightened1

Woo! Hoo!


157 posted on 03/16/2017 6:39:56 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: morphing libertarian

I’m not as optimistic about something of equal quality taking its place. I can see having to subscribe to Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery as the only option. The Brits know what they are doing. Their theatrical productions represent the older guard which focuses on our humanity and universal values, a feature that is disappearing among the works of the younger generations. Commercial entertainment produced now for the younger set can be quite ghastly.

I’m now reading that most of PBS funding (93%) doesn’t come from government at all so this whole kerfuffle could be meaningless.

I just don’t think that defunding PBS is Trump’s deal.


158 posted on 03/16/2017 6:57:54 PM PDT by GoKnow
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To: GoKnow

see my 60 Disney already owns Sesame and BBC would probably run masterpiece. Why do you want the government to confiscate part of my income to pay for your entertainment?


159 posted on 03/16/2017 7:01:58 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Enlightened1

Has anyone ever seen one of those so called PBS Documentaries (Frontline, POV etc.) that was favorable to Conservatives and Conservatism, ever?

Leftist Propaganda, but I do like Antique Roadshow.

I would send them a couple of bucks to keep it on, but let’s not forget that PBS gets paid by the Cable Companies just like CNN, FOX and all the rest, so they aren’t starving.


160 posted on 03/16/2017 7:08:47 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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