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No matter what time you listen, they are all about NOTHING but getting rid of our President, and it burns my butt that OUR money is going toward this!
Started by communist, LBJ, and almost died in 1983. Should have killed it then.
Shut them down, along with 75% of other government agencies.
Can't get that image out of my head. Nice!
Recently, there was a story reported regarding deaths in New York due to C19 -- essentially, many died state hospitals while there were beds open in private hospitals. The two commentators agreed that there was such a simple solution to that problem and it would have saved those lives. They engaged in a group hug, and did not mention the solution since it would have been so obvious. Of course, if they were in charge, they would have forced the private hospital to take in C19 patients from the state hospital.
These statists are so blinded by their conceit that they would use force to spend other peoples' money. This theme has been repeated over the 20+ years that I have listened to NPR as one of my "news" sources. There have been times when I was so infuriated by their magnanimous virtue-signaling, that I have avoided their programming for up to a year at a time. Then, I dial them in just to see what they've been up to; no surprise, their statist slant is ever the more disgusting.
OR...
I'd totally support four NPR channels with the following:
1) unedited coverage of the Senate, including public hearings and debates and committee sessions.
2) unedited coverage of the House, including public hearings and debates and committee sessions.
3) unedited coverage of oral arguments in Supreme Court cases as well as complete readings of judicial rulings.
4) Press conferences with members of the White House
We are a non-profit created in 1979 by a then-new industry called cable television, and today we remain true to our founding principles, providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the workings of the U.S. Congress, both the House and Senate, all without editing, commentary or analysis.
Over the years, we've grown to be so much more – on TV, online, on radio, through podcasts and on social platforms (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram). We supplement live coverage of the Capitol with ideologically balanced programming concerning all manner of public policy and politics. In so doing, we promote open and transparent dialogue between the public and their elected and appointed officials – and those campaigning for office.
Underpinning this impartial, balanced coverage is the fact that no government or taxpayer dollars support C-SPAN, as we continue to be funded as a public service from your cable or satellite provider.
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The only thing in this that alarms be a little bit is the "ideologically balanced programming." Who decides what's "balanced?"
Two things:
1. Even if NPR, and PBS for that matter, always broadcasted news that only promoted our viewpoint, it shouldn't be tax-supported. Why wait until they tick you off to demand that they be cut off from government funding?
2. A quick web search shows that NPR gets only 2% of its funding from the federal government. States legislatures also contribute. But the majority comes from private donations.
Although I agree that the government shouldn't contribute tax revenues to NPR and PBS, it won't matter much if they are cut off.
So, for number 1, this isn't the first time I've complained about government funding for NPR/PBS. It's just that the topic has come up here, so I commented, and it's something some people tend to forget. Based on the comments I see here, I don't think they just decided recently to be against government funding of NPR/PBS; I think they are pretty aware, which is good.
For number 2, I don't care if it's "only 2%," that 2% has some of MY money in it that I'd prefer went somewhere else. Of course I have no issues with people who make private donations. That's an entirely different thing. But for those of us who pay State taxes, definitely a problem, at least for me.
Just like you cannot be "a little bit pregnant," the amount of money forced into a subsidy I do not want to pay is less material than the fact that it is being used that way.
I think we're in total agreement. The government shouldn't subsidize businesses.
What I was pointing out, however, is that cutting government funding wouldn't cause NPR to go out of business, which is what I took away from your original post.
So, a little about me: In the past, I embraced some of the leftist ideology promoted by the Democrats, although I was always staunchly anti-communist. I didn't see the hypocrisy in that position for many years.
I then became a "Regan Republican" while serving in the Army, and continued to support, and vote the RNC ticket. Unfortunately, they've become as much political whores as the Democrats.
I now vote Libertarian, and I was twice a Regional Representative of my State's Party. Although I am a strict constructionist when it comes to the Constitution. the LP comes closest to my current political beliefs, despite their anarchist leanings.
I had read The Fountainhead in high school but didn't embrace Objectivism until I read Atlas Shrugged about 15 years ago.
Congrats on your party's recognition of your value!