If Romney gets elected and cuts funding to PBS will you be bothered?

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   violetheavenposted 11 years ago

   If Romney gets elected and cuts funding to PBS will you be bothered?
   
   With the many programs and educational shows through this network, will you find yourself willing or wanting to support/donate?

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   Sue St. Clairposted 11 years ago

   Although PBS does have some nice concerts and programs, I will not be bothered by the loss of Big Bird. If it comes down to being in debt or being without Big Bird, I have no problems saying good-bye to PBS.

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      violetheavenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for the grown up answer.

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   Attikosposted 11 years ago

   I've done business with CPB and related operations. It's like dealing with the Kremlin before the collapse of the USSR. Despite ceaseless denials, it is an entrenched institution of ideologues and partisans. Public funds should not go to any such organization. Taxpayers who disagree with its political agenda should not be compelled to support it.
   
   Private contributions are another matter. Anyone who wants is, and will remain, free to give to PBS. No one, however, should be forced to do so.

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      violetheavenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for answering!

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      pagesvoiceposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Exactly what is the political agenda of PBS? Is their agenda of educating our youngsters, appreciating the arts, understanding other people, races or cultures, or is it simply acceptance of others that bother you? I don't see your point.

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      Attikosposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You might were you to spend more time watching its politically prejudiced news and commentary programs with an open eye, and less time thinking up insults couched as questions to toss at people who don't view the world through your filters.

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   junksellerposted 11 years ago

   No way. I'd much rather buy bombs with that money so we can blow up more kids in other countries. Go Romney!

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      The Frog Princeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Now there's a grown up answer.

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      violetheavenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      LOL

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      junksellerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Defunding PBS whilst expanding military spending is trading Big Bird for bombs, so it is about priorities, not spending reductions.

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      The Frog Princeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      So says the wise sage junk peddler.  Like I said you may want to try a grownup answer rather than that left wing speak.

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      junksellerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Put forth an argument Frog. I've told you on numerous occasions that I don't waste time on your insults or simplistic labels. You are, quite simply, beneath me.

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   The Frog Princeposted 11 years ago

   Not in the least.  PBS needs to learn how to stand on its own two feet and not mine and other taxpayers.  We have a fiscal crisis and don't need to be borrowing money from China to be buying Big Bird's bird seed.
   
   The Frog

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      bankscottageposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      At least for Sesame Street, they make a lot of money on their own and get relatively little government funding compared to their total operating expenses.

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      The Frog Princeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I just wrote a Hub about it and Sesame Productions could own PBS if they desired.

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      pagesvoiceposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Funding by the federal government to PBS amounts to 1/100th % of the budget. Chump change compared to what it will cost taxpayers with less regulations on Wall Street, the banking industry and oil and gas companies.

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   Old Empresarioposted 11 years ago

   I can still get Keeping up Appearances on Netflix.

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      violetheavenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thats a BBC show so it will continue....

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      Old Empresarioposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I guess on a more serious note, no, I won't be bothered. I would, however, be concerned about the national deficit since cancelling funding for PBS will do nothing to that.

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   lone77starposted 11 years ago

   We need to stop being a Nanny State.
   
   I'd gladly support PBS. I have in the past.
   
   The government should stop trying to be everything to everyone. Bureaucrats getting their fingers on the pulse of money flow leads to corruption not only financially, but managerially.

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      The Frog Princeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      My friend liberals need a Nanny.  They have never learned personal responsibility for themselves.  You and I obviously speak the same language.  Liberal talking points get tiresome.

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   huckelburyposted 11 years ago

   The government in any civilized society has an obligation to support the arts and education simply because of the overarching benefits that accrue. Citizens become better informed and more aware of their similarities and differences when exposed to divergent ideas and expressions of them, which naturally makes them more qualified to analyze candidates and their positions. Critics on the left and right disagree on the amount of support the government should provide. Eliminating funding for PBS would therefore be a gross disservice to the population, including children, especially when Sesame Street's cost is $4 million in a multi-trillion  dollar budget.
   
   What's next on the chopping block? The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities? Just because a program doesn't generate revenue shouldn't mean it has no intrinsic value, but I guess that's the difference in an MBA vs. an MFA.

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      The Frog Princeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      We are having to go down to the necessities in case you haven't noticed.  We're $16 trillion in debt and counting.  Your thoughts are splendid but the reality we now face doesn't jive with any of that.
      
      The Frog

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      huckelburyposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Actually cutting 0.00000025% from the debt will not get the country down to necessities. China's holdings of US debt arose when we had to borrow to support 2 unfunded wars that were "off budget," not lining Big Bird's nest.

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      The Frog Princeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      So let me see here.  We have to start somewhere and start with things we can't afford.  Things like giving Sesame Productions $1 million in Stimulus money.  Things like letting PBS stand on its own feet and not ours.

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      Attikosposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Sesame Street DOES generate revenue. It will do just fine without a subsidy. The Big Bird attack line is a campaign canard.

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      junksellerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Cutting PBS funding is representative of cuts that Romney would consider making across the board to other social and educational programs, so demonstrates a significantly different set of spending priorities. That's not a canard at all.

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   JThomp42posted 11 years ago

   For me personally, No. But, For children that learn so much from watching the educational programs, Yes. It would be a shame for the next generation of children to miss out on all of the great programs that PBS provides. I would also gladly donate to PBS for the children.

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    jlparkposted 11 years ago

    Given I'm planning for children, and getting the assistance required for that to happen, I wouldn't want my children missing out on the experiences I had watching Seasame St - but if it does get cut, I guess Seasame Street could buy PBS outright anyway.
    The problem I have with all this is the idea that Mitt would get elected.  I'm pretty sure America can't be that stupid 3 times (electing Bush twice was....not clever.).  Obama and America are in the fiscal position they are in because of Bush....don't do it again!

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