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Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« on: February 13, 2018, 04:28:55 pm »
by Katherine Rodriguez12 Feb 2018

President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget includes a proposal that would eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), according to a report.

The Hill reported that Trump’s budget would cut funding for CPB — which funds public television and radio stations such as PBS and NPR — over two years.

“To conduct an orderly transition away from Federal funding, the Budget requests $15.5 million in 2019 and $15 million in 2020, which would include funding for personnel costs of $16.2 million, rental costs of $8.9 million; and other costs totaling $5.4 million,” according to the proposal.

“CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), which primarily rely on private donations to fund their operations,” the proposal continued.

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Re: eport: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2018, 04:31:07 pm »
Nice!  Time to stop funding Leftist anti American propaganda.
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Re: eport: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2018, 04:33:52 pm »
Can we nix federal funding for Planned Parenthood?
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Re: eport: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2018, 04:46:50 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on February 13, 2018, 04:31:07 pm
Nice!  Time to stop funding Leftist anti American propaganda.

Exactly.  It's not the drain on the budget, it's the principle of the thing.  NPR has to be the most godawful thing ever to hit the airways.  The smugness fills your whole room.
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Re: eport: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2018, 07:31:45 pm »
Quote from: Emjay on February 13, 2018, 04:46:50 pm
Exactly.  It's not the drain on the budget, it's the principle of the thing.  NPR has to be the most godawful thing ever to hit the airways.  The smugness fills your whole room.

Cut off funding the NEA while you're at it.

Making ends meet in the arts, any field of them, has always been a 'by the skin of your teeth' affair.

Government has NO business picking winners and losers there either.
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Re: Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2018, 07:37:35 pm »
Agreed. There's no reason for the taxpayers to fund certain radio and television stations, especially when essentially the same content is available via commercial outlets. PBS isn't "educational" TV anymore, and if I want to be educated, innumerable privately-operated cable networks provide interesting programming.
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Re: Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2018, 07:43:49 pm »
We could easily save $400 billion a year if we simply stopped paying out Social Security to people who are below retirement age.
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Re: Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2018, 04:44:40 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on February 13, 2018, 07:43:49 pm
We could easily save $400 billion a year if we simply stopped paying out Social Security to people who are below retirement age.

"Save"? lol, it will just be spent elsewhere.
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Re: Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2018, 04:57:21 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on February 13, 2018, 07:43:49 pm
We could easily save $400 billion a year if we simply stopped paying out Social Security to people who are below retirement age.

That's probably the dumbest thing I've read today.
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Re: Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2018, 05:07:24 am »
Quote from: Emjay on February 14, 2018, 04:57:21 am
That's probably the dumbest thing I've read today.

Not if you are under 62.
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Re: Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Nixes Federal Funding for NPR, PBS
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