President-elect Donald Trump’s reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three of iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats.
The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday.
Combined, the three departments cost around $741 million in 2016, and is a small part of a host of budget reforms needed to cut more than a trillion a year from the federal budget.
Eliminating funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which runs PBS and supports shows like Sesame Street, is not a new idea. Mitt Romney suggested cutting the CPB during the 2012 presidential campaign, and was quickly criticized. President Barack Obama even accused Romney of trying to kill Big Bird in a campaign ad.
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MADONNA THREATENED TO BLOW UP THE WHITEHOUSE TODAY AT A ANTI TRUMP FEMINIST RALLY .......SHE NEESQ TO BE ARESSTED ASAP....
He left out the USPS. Anyone?
Have always condemn tax dollars for these three. It is their duty to solicit funds from donors which does not include the Federal, State or local governments / tax dollars.
A lot more to add to list.
The majority of civilized governments currently send more money per capita on their public arts, public radio, public television than the USA. Go figure. Guess we want to be dumb.
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