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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on February 13, 2018, 09:36:16 AM
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Now, according to the president of public broadcasting, people will die if government funding is pulled from PBS. ;/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/13/trump-proposes-cutting-all-federal-funds-for-npr-pbs.html
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Er muh gerds! Where will dentists and DMV's get their waiting area music? Oh the humanity...!
Brad
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As I've mentioned before (not in so many words), this would be somewhat of a benchmark for me. Public broadcasting is sort of a low-hanging fruit, precisely because none will die [!!!]. It's not food for the homeless, or dental care for undocumented transgenders, or anything like that. If a politician won't support a total cut of all funding for something like that, I just don't see how they can be taken seriously about wanting to cut anything else.
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NPR is welfare for wealthy white progressives. To hell with it.
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NPR is welfare for wealthy white progressives. To hell with it.
The setup is similar to Planned Parenthood for me. Planned Parenthood and its supporters go off the rails when someone talks about cutting Federal funding, but it usually involves, "donate money to save Planned Parenthood!". And guess what? They get donations. They can cut federal funding to PBS as well and let them continue their pledge drives, and people can donate. Or not.
I donate to the Salvation Army and the NRA to help keep them going. If PBS is your thing, donate to it. If they have worthwhile stuff and/or a critical mass for their audience, they'll continue broadcasting.
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The setup is similar to Planned Parenthood for me. Planned Parenthood and its supporters go off the rails when someone talks about cutting Federal funding, but it usually involves, "donate money to save Planned Parenthood!". And guess what? They get donations. They can cut federal funding to PBS as well and let them continue their pledge drives, and people can donate. Or not.
I donate to the Salvation Army and the NRA to help keep them going. If PBS is your thing, donate to it. If they have worthwhile stuff and/or a critical mass for their audience, they'll continue broadcasting.
https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/big-bird-is-rich-so-why-does-he-need-taxpayer-money/
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I read somewhere this AM that Trump proposes to defund Planned Parenthood too.
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I read somewhere this AM that Trump proposes to defund Planned Parenthood too.
People will not die!!
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NPR is welfare for wealthy white progressives. To hell with it.
Agreed. If they can't be proactively apolitical, they shouldn't get a dime of taxpayer funding. Let the people whose views they reflect and promote pay for it.
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Agreed. If they can't be proactively apolitical, they shouldn't get a dime of taxpayer funding. Let the people whose views they reflect and promote pay for it.
This. At one time, Dr Julius Sumner Miller at 2AM was an excellent educational resource. (The advent of VCRs with recording timers made it a lot more useful, though.) Now, however, we've go Open Yale Courses, MIT OpenCourseware, edX, Coursera, OEDb, and others that give anyone with internet access a wide variety of on-demand free, serious educational opportunities. Modern States' Freshman Year Free program will even cover the cost of up to eight CLEP tests if you take their free online classes. There's no longer a need for the government-funded indoctrination system that PBS has become.
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People will not die!!
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I read somewhere this AM that Trump proposes to defund Planned Parenthood too.
There is no way the repulsive Republican Party will let that happen.
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I've died twice, maybe three times since Trump was elected. Do I have to die again ??
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I've died twice, maybe three times since Trump was elected. Do I have to die again ??
YOU WILL DIE AS MANY TIMES AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY SAYS YOU WILL!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpwR5VpvsP4