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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 1932090" data-attributes="member: 1132">He didn&#039;t. Apparently you weren&#039;t listening very closely. He said he&#039;d eliminate public funding for PBS. PBS has a very robust public donation campaign. If they want to stay in business, they can always step up their donation drive. Stopping public funding of PBS doesn&#039;t mean an absolute end to PBS. If all the soccer moms want Big Bird on PBS for their kids because they think it&#039;s a higher quality children&#039;s program, they can put their money where their mouths are and write a check to PBS. Problem is, they don&#039;t want it badly enough to write that check, when Uncle Sam has been taking their money and writing it for them all these years. Out of sight, out of mind. Big Bird can always polish up his resume and take his show to another channel as well. Acting like Romney is going to fire Big Bird is just hyperbole and rhetoric. You can and should do better than this if you want to make your point. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 1932090, member: 1132"] He didn't. Apparently you weren't listening very closely. He said he'd eliminate public funding for PBS. PBS has a very robust public donation campaign. If they want to stay in business, they can always step up their donation drive. Stopping public funding of PBS doesn't mean an absolute end to PBS. If all the soccer moms want Big Bird on PBS for their kids because they think it's a higher quality children's program, they can put their money where their mouths are and write a check to PBS. Problem is, they don't want it badly enough to write that check, when Uncle Sam has been taking their money and writing it for them all these years. Out of sight, out of mind. Big Bird can always polish up his resume and take his show to another channel as well. Acting like Romney is going to fire Big Bird is just hyperbole and rhetoric. You can and should do better than this if you want to make your point. :) [/QUOTE]

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