Two conservative lawmakers are teaming up to urge appropriation
leaders in the House and Senate to defund the Corporation of Public
Broadcasting (CPB), which is asking for $445 million advance for FY
2015.
This week, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)
prepared letters for the heads of the appropriation committees, saying
defunding the entity “should be one of the easiest decisions to make,”
while searching for cuts in a government $15 trillion in debt.
“CPB’s requested appropriation represents no reduction from its prior
year appropriation level,” DeMint and Lamborn wrote. “While so many
Americans are making sacrifices around the country to make ends meet,
CPB appears unwilling to do the same.”
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3 comments:
They should have never been getting taxpayer money in the first place.
and yet they always have. It's why I don't donate to their endless, on air fundraisers.
Here's my question...why does there need to be so damn many NPR stations around here? WSCL plays classical music. WESM plays jazz. That's fine. But both WSDL and WAMU play the same shows all day long. Why are my taxpayer dollars supporting that? I can see supporting music that commercial stations won't play (although it doesn't need govt. money)- but do I need two stations playing the same shows?
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