From the House Majority Leader:
As we continue to identify ways to cut spending and save valuable resources, this disturbing video makes clear that taxpayer dollars should no longer be appropriated to NPR. Not only have top public broadcasting executives finally admitted that they do not need taxpayer dollars to survive, it is also clear that without federal funds, public broadcasting stations self-admittedly would become eligible for more private dollars on top of the multi-million dollar donations these organizations already receive.
At a time when our government borrows 40 cents of every dollar that it spends, we must find ways to cut spending and live within our means. This video clearly highlights the fact that public broadcasting doesn’t need taxpayer funding to thrive, and I hope that admission will lead to a bipartisan consensus to end these unnecessary federal subsidies.
The “disturbing video” is that of NPR’s Ron Schiller lambasting everyone who is not, well, more kook left than Michael Moore. It can be seen here. This sort of thing on the part of NPR is entirely unsurprising – liberals are filled with hatred for those they disagree with; the only difference here is that some citizen-journalists did what the MSM should have done ages ago – turn over the rock and see what scurries out.
It is well past time for NPR to be de-funded. And we can go through our budget and find scores of things to cut along these lines. The dirty, little secret of liberalism is that it is heavily taxpayer funded – liberalism is unpopular and cannot rely upon people voluntarily supporting them to the point where they gain a commanding position in society – that they have this commanding position is because of government subsidies.
By cutting off taxpayer funds for the left, we’ll deal a body blow to them – each dollar cut means one more less dollar being spent advancing the liberal agenda. In the end, this is just a leveling of the playing field – now liberals will have to compete for support and pay heed to the needs and desires of the people. Of course, they’ll fail miserably at it…so get ready to imagine a world with no liberals.
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