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drwexYou might recall that last time around the Congressional Taliban managed to tangle up a child's show (Postcards from Buster) in the anti-gay demagoguery. This became a stalking horse for their efforts to slash funds from public broadcasting. Public hue and cry, they back down. Or rather, retreat temporarily, because guess what they're at it again.
I admit that I'm biased. PBS produces nearly the only TV that I'll let my kids watch unsupervised and I think supporting that is a fine use of my tax dollars. Stuff like Clifford and Sesame Street is worth keeping. Current proposals would cut about $95 million, or a quarter of the budget, starting in October.
Common Cause is blogging (and fundraising) around the effort to restore funding: http://www.commonblog.com/story/2006/6/12/1330/25932
The Boston Globe story on this from last week is here:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/06/08/gop_takes_aim_at_pbs_funding/
I take particular umbrage at the Talib... excuse me, Republican effort to portray this as a tradeoff of funding against other social programs. How about we measure the tradeoff against things like tax cuts for rich folks, or against idiot earmarks like the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. *grump*
I admit that I'm biased. PBS produces nearly the only TV that I'll let my kids watch unsupervised and I think supporting that is a fine use of my tax dollars. Stuff like Clifford and Sesame Street is worth keeping. Current proposals would cut about $95 million, or a quarter of the budget, starting in October.
Common Cause is blogging (and fundraising) around the effort to restore funding: http://www.commonblog.com/story/2006/6/12/1330/25932
The Boston Globe story on this from last week is here:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/06/08/gop_takes_aim_at_pbs_funding/
I take particular umbrage at the Talib... excuse me, Republican effort to portray this as a tradeoff of funding against other social programs. How about we measure the tradeoff against things like tax cuts for rich folks, or against idiot earmarks like the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. *grump*
