The House Appropriations Committee has the full list of recommended spending cuts which includes the elimination of funding for public broadcasting. The House leadership said that debate on the measure (H.R. 1) will begin Tuesday 02/15.
Please contact your representatives in Congress now and urge them to stand up for public broadcasting funding. It is going to take hundreds of thousands of Americans calling and writing Congress to get this critical funding back into the budget proposal. Visit 170MillionAmericans.org for more information.
Just like our man Rick Steves says:
"There's an even greater value of public broadcasting. It subsidizes news that is less exciting, but more insightful — produced by journalists rather than entertainers, pursuing the truth rather than advertising. Public television makes possible non-commercial children's programming that is not shaped by people who sell our kids toys. And public broadcasting keeps culture alive even when it is not a commercial hit. Rather than lowering our society's intellectual bar, it challenges us to be engaged. Public broadcasting inspires America to be smart."
Let me put it this way; most all other programs on television and radio are crummy entertainment with no thought provoking topics whatsoever.
Anyway, we've just sent an email to our reps and you better do it too.
P.S. Our government spends $430 million a year on public broadcasting... less than the $500 million that it spends each year for military marching bands. Nice.
4 comments:
Yikes! I love This American Life... Kind of shows what we value as a society huh.
What?! I have pbs in another window on the computer right now! I think I'd better send an email! and I don't even have tv. :)
I'm thinking I have raised some political monsters :) Watch out Tanner - next thing you know she will be running for the P.T.A. :)
Ha! Already thinking about it!
Actually, Tanner's the one that should be running for office. He's just too smart (and sweet).
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