Taxpayer Funding for Public Radio and TV is Un-American and Wrong
Washington, DC—I can’t imagine where the idea that the Government should fund television or radio broadcasts came from. The idea is really ugly effort to control what Americans hear or view. It also is a threat to the free market principal.
Yes, there has been really fine programming from this public broadcasting mixed in with lots of Leftist propaganda. The fine programming such as Sesame Street could succeed independently without taxpayer support. The specials along with the Frontline news series would have little difficulty finding their way onto the broadcast or cable spectrum.
National Public Radio commentary however only belongs in the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda run by Dr. Göbbels. This is shockingly contrary to what our founding fathers would have wanted Americans forced to fund.
The NPR and PBS operations should be put on the auction block and sold off to private owners. Then they could compete in the free market where they belong.
The same people that beckon to the constant begging calls for money by PBS can invest their cash in the shows of their choice.
Taxpayers are being forced to fund public broadcasting and that is actually taking the food from their mouths. That is outrageous especially in tough economic times.
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the bottom line for me is federal and state governments need to spend far less
Yes! By cutting the military by HALF! (although I’ve noticed people making such proclamations NEVER end it that way)
Generally speaking, I agree.
My biggest complaint with this is that they’re giving a tax break to the wealthy while taxing the poor more (even if it is only a small amount more)
My personal feeling is money in the hands of a citizen has far greater worth than money in the hands of the government. There is certainly a question of equity, but the bottom line for me is federal and state governments need to spend far less and spend with a bit more wisdom before I will feel good about giving them even a penny more.