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One of the big talking points on the Right is how we can fix all of our budget problems by cutting funding for public broadcasting. The annual budget for the CPB is $430,000,000, which is very little considering the impact that it has. Conversely, the cost of our 50,000+ troops currently stationed in Germany (you know, cause WWII is still happening) is over $2,500,000,000, or 5.8 times as much as public broadcasting. So why does NOBODY on the right ever mention this? Big Bird has much more of an impact on this country than some troops coaching their son's little league team in Germany. In fact, the 2.5 billion number is grossly underestimated because it does not take all the additional expenses into account.
Until we withdraw our troops from Germany, we should never cut a single social or research (like NASA) program. Overseas military spending does not benefit us here in America, social programs and research programs do.
Oh come on. Big Bird creates kids that want to learn more and eventually become left wing liberals. Supporting troops on Germany and all the other places creates ever richer Military Contractors and their stockholders. You wouldn’t want to deny these plutocrats their blood money would you?
One of the big talking points on the Right is how we can fix all of our budget problems by cutting funding for public broadcasting. The annual budget for the CPB is $430,000,000, which is very little considering the impact that it has. Conversely, the cost of our 50,000+ troops currently stationed in Germany (you know, cause WWII is still happening) is over $2,500,000,000, or 5.8 times as much as public broadcasting. So why does NOBODY on the right ever mention this? Big Bird has much more of an impact on this country than some troops coaching their son's little league team in Germany. In fact, the 2.5 billion number is grossly underestimated because it does not take all the additional expenses into account.
Until we withdraw our troops from Germany, we should never cut a single social or research (like NASA) program. Overseas military spending does not benefit us here in America, social programs and research programs do.
We need to fully cut both as neither or worth borrowing from China to continue.
We need to fully cut both as neither or worth borrowing from China to continue.
$430,000,000 is NOTHING in the grand scheme of things. That's the capital gains tax on a single $3,000,000,000 (long-term capital gains) stock sale. The government pays for CPB in about 45 minutes worth of trading on the NYSE.
We should close our bases and shut down PBS.
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When they finally get around to cutting the federal budget the media and every advocate group for a thousand pet projects will yell and scream that their specific program is only 1% of the budget and as a result should not be cut. To really make progress on the deficit the only way they will be successful is cut thousands of small programs which in the end will be a large amount of money.
Oh come on. Big Bird creates kids that want to learn more and eventually become left wing liberals. Supporting troops on Germany and all the other places creates ever richer Military Contractors and their stockholders. You wouldn’t want to deny these plutocrats their blood money would you?
We should close our bases and shut down PBS.
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You against providing quality, educational programs? Rather see more free market, reality based television such as "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo?"
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