>I think the Republicans pull things too far the other direction. Killing ALL funding for PBS/NPR, for example.
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>What don't you understand about the fact that we are broke? Is there some compelling reason that we need to use our tax dollars to fund TV and radio stations? If they can't sustain themselves via making their own profits and charitable donations, let them go out of business. We do not have the money to spend so frivolously.

That is the popular talking point these days but governments do not in fact go broke.