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Originally Posted by DudeRick
PBS can sell commercials. Not funding PBS with tax money is not getting rid of PBS. PBS can fund itself.
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Ah I see. You meant "get rid of PBS" was twisting his words. Right, he wants to stop funding PBS.
"meaning federal funding via CPB accounted for about 12% of PBS 2010 annual revenues." - $71 million
So it does look like PBS could find ways to fund itself and stay afloat, based on the portion of federal funds it actually receives.
I'll just repeat what Neil de Grasse Tyson said about it to make the point I tried to make with Minte earlier.
"Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive"
I think people, voters, that aren't already all up in the Republican party's ass, just see someone focus on that 0.012% and know immediately they have no real plan. These are just talking points to throw out for bobbing heads.