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To: Brumar89 who wrote (995654)	1/22/2017 3:09:46 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574000

I figured you hicks don't like NPR.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (995654)	1/22/2017 3:47:58 PM
From: POKERSAM	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1574000

This travesty needs to be brought to our President's attention. I am sure it will be. Ending their funding is the correct thing to do. Period "The 2017 federal appropriations for the Center for Public Broadcasting were $445 million. PBS gets about $300 million of that. Defenders say that in the age of a $19 trillion debt, this is a “rounding error.” Well, if it’s so small, then maybe cutting won’t hurt as much, and the money can be used elsewhere, or returned to taxpayers. NPR will survive without government funding. It has a good membership model. It also offers a good product, as does PBS. But the new conservative administration and congressional majority coming in has a responsibility to the conservative base not to continue to fund a “public broadcaster” that leaves half the nation feeling ignored. If it doesn’t, the new governing majority had better get used to seeing its policies traduced on a regular basis by NPR, the way the new Cabinet’s positions clearly have been."