Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:39:51 PM
Congress today has yet again voted to continue funding to PBS. To the tune of $420 million! Its 15% of PBS's budget, so it would be a easy line in the federal budget to get rid of. Many companies and organizations routinely cut 15% from their budgets so PBS could too. PBS can continue to exist, but there is no good reason that I can think of why the taxpayer needs to pay for it.
But of course Congress doesn't see it that way. It continues to think it is smarter than the average taxpayer so it funds it to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Each year! A lot has changed in television since the 1960's when PBS was founded. Many of its shows make money, and many people, companies and organizations give it big money. So it wouldn't even go away. Replace the public money with private or cut the budget. Let the people who think PBS is important donate to pay for it. THIS IS A EASY ONE FOLKS!!!
PBS is one of the many reasons why the federal government will never get a hold of the big spending. When they cannot stop funding things that the government has no business spending money on. I have never donated to my local PBS stations because I feel I have already contributed to them. Via my tax money. I can't image I am the only one that has not donated to the local station for that reason. I have no choice whether or not I like PBS or not, I fund it. That doesn't seem very American to me to make people pay for things they don't want to pay for.
I want my $420 million back Congress!!!