Trump's Economic Plan

[Dand]

GCF I think you're wrong about these outlets. They can carry on juuuust fine. If Trump actually manages to cut the funding I guarantee that rich and poor progressives alike will donate. They'd have donations bigger than Bernie Sanders and everybody can signal their virtue and continue listening/watching Ira Glass and the Ira Glass wannabes. You'd probably donate yourself and they might get even more money than the gov was giving them.

I genuinely hope you're right.

I also hope that (somehow) orchestral performances and plays don't suddenly charge Broadway prices to see. I hope that culture doesn't take a fucking nosedive in our already barren land, because we can't be bothered to pay ONE-PERCENT of the cost of a pointless border wall towards it.

I am not optimistic.

Just imagine if your taxes were paying for Fox News. Fox News does just fine without being federally funded.

[C-Mag]

I don't want to fund democratic party propaganda anymore than I'd imagine you want to fund republican party propaganda.

Fair point. Protest or something. Issue a directive for NPR to be more balanced, I don't know. Cutting their entire funding budget is not the way to accomplish this.

Or just elect a president who is willing to cut funding to a propaganda outlet. They don't serve the interests of the American people but, rather, the interests of the democratic party. I suggest democrats figure out how to fund their shit without taking money from other people who don't want to fund it.

You don't want to fund something like EWTN or some bastardized version of Fox News on the public dime. Reciprocate a bit of respect and put some faith in your own ideas.

It would be different if they could be Non-Partisan, but they've proved they cannot.

Trump also took an Axe to the EPA (-31%) and a bunch at the UN

BTW: Global Warming died today

[StCapps]

I don't want to fund democratic party propaganda anymore than I'd imagine you want to fund republican party propaganda.

Fair point. Protest or something. Issue a directive for NPR to be more balanced, I don't know. Cutting their entire funding budget is not the way to accomplish this.

No cutting the entire budget is the solution. NPR isn't going to reform itself to point where it is worth continuing to publicly fund it and neither is PBS. Culture doesn't collapse without federal funding of left leaning media propaganda outlets masquerading as the news, don't be retarded.

[clubgop]

I don't want to fund democratic party propaganda anymore than I'd imagine you want to fund republican party propaganda.

But forgive him. He knows our ideas can survive in the marketplace and his can't.

Name a donation-funded right-wing outlet larger than a fucking podcast.

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[Speaker to Animals]

Fair point. Protest or something. Issue a directive for NPR to be more balanced, I don't know. Cutting their entire funding budget is not the way to accomplish this.

Or just elect a president who is willing to cut funding to a propaganda outlet. They don't serve the interests of the American people but, rather, the interests of the democratic party. I suggest democrats figure out how to fund their shit without taking money from other people who don't want to fund it.

You don't want to fund something like EWTN or some bastardized version of Fox News on the public dime. Reciprocate a bit of respect and put some faith in your own ideas.

It would be different if they could be Non-Partisan, but they've proved they cannot.

Trump also took an Axe to the EPA (-31%) and a bunch at the UN

BTW: Global Warming died today

He's a genius about some of this stuff.


"I love Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood does great things. But in order to continue to receive public funding they are going to have to stop performing abortions, which as they say makes up a tiny, inconsequential part of their business anyway.."

[SuburbanFarmer]

I don't want to fund democratic party propaganda anymore than I'd imagine you want to fund republican party propaganda.

Fair point. Protest or something. Issue a directive for NPR to be more balanced, I don't know. Cutting their entire funding budget is not the way to accomplish this.

Or just elect a president who is willing to cut funding to a propaganda outlet. They don't serve the interests of the American people but, rather, the interests of the democratic party. I suggest democrats figure out how to fund their shit without taking money from other people who don't want to fund it.

You don't want to fund something like EWTN or some bastardized version of Fox News on the public dime. Reciprocate a bit of respect and put some faith in your own ideas.

If you want a taste of the shit storm that is to come if the democrats don't stop with the hypocrisy, go listen to that podcast episode about the orthodox Jews taking over a public school district because the state wouldn't fund their parochial special needs program. You guys are all about cutting funding to things you don't agree with. Welcome to equality.

I already fund EWTN, Faux Noise, and dozens of other channels I don't like with my cable subscription. You want fair play, then give me an ala-carte television model, and watch what's left. It won't be much.

While we're at it, drop the fucking tax breaks for churches - indirect federal funding. I pay for them too.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Or just elect a president who is willing to cut funding to a propaganda outlet. They don't serve the interests of the American people but, rather, the interests of the democratic party. I suggest democrats figure out how to fund their shit without taking money from other people who don't want to fund it.

You don't want to fund something like EWTN or some bastardized version of Fox News on the public dime. Reciprocate a bit of respect and put some faith in your own ideas.

It would be different if they could be Non-Partisan, but they've proved they cannot.

Trump also took an Axe to the EPA (-31%) and a bunch at the UN

BTW: Global Warming died today

He's a genius about some of this stuff.


"I love Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood does great things. But in order to continue to receive public funding they are going to have to stop performing abortions, which as they say makes up a tiny, inconsequential part of their business anyway.."

Heyyy 'member Death Panels if the government can dictate healthcare? Yeahhhhh I member.

[clubgop]

I already fund EWTN, Faux Noise, and dozens of other channels I don't like with my cable subscription. You want fair play, then give me an ala-carte television model, and watch what's left. It won't be much.

The cable model is dying already so fine call the bluff. I assure you Fox News will be just fine, your MSNBC or CNN. not so much.

While we're at it, drop the fucking tax breaks for churches - indirect federal funding. I pay for them too.

Ok, back off GCF right now. Everybody leave him alone. Now, go take a look at a bunch of local PBS and public access stations tv schedules. Go look at Sunday morning programming. I dare you. There is your tax money.

[Fife]

If not for the state, where will we get the real news, and the high-brow stuff?

[StCapps]

If not for the state, where will we get the real news, and the high-brow stuff?

The government has a monopoly on high brow news and entertainment, without them all that would be left is low brow news and entertainment. Government knows best, shut up and give them your tax dollars.