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Why snuffing Big Bird won’t balance the budget
Houston Chronicle ^ | 10/4/2012 | Loren Steffy

Posted on 10/04/2012 7:14:29 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer

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No, cutting NPR is absolutely critical, despite its small size. If we can't make the political choice to cut the useless, unconstitutional corporate welfare, then we will never make any progress cutting the deficit anywhere. NPR is one of the things that can actually survive pretty well without handouts. After they get cut, make some adjustments, and survive, and the world does not end, it will be far easier to keep cutting.
1 posted on 10/04/2012 7:14:31 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Amen to that, Vince!


2 posted on 10/04/2012 7:17:13 AM PDT by shiva
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Oh no! Now NPR will start doing warm fuzzy stories about Democrats and critical ones about conservatives, all the while denying that they’re based.

Wait - that’s what they already do.


3 posted on 10/04/2012 7:17:59 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Exactly...
Any spending that is NOT related to Constitutionally mandated costs need to GO!
Use that scalpel....


4 posted on 10/04/2012 7:18:10 AM PDT by matginzac
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Right. So according to this article we should just keep wasting money and let Obama run up trillions more.


5 posted on 10/04/2012 7:19:17 AM PDT by Andrei Bulba (No Obama, no way!)
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The left always uses Sesame Street as their example while ignoring the fact that NPR spouts left-wing drivel 24/7. I wonder how happy the libs would be if tax dollars were used to put Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck on the air.


6 posted on 10/04/2012 7:19:17 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (When the Obama poster fades, the portrait of Che Guevara beneath it shows through.)
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Those are the exact points made by Newt, yes, if we declare certain subsidies "off limits," i.e. seven big banks are "too big to fail."

Cutting things like PBS and NPR when we have to borrow from China impresses the people we need energized to vote - vote for Romney!

7 posted on 10/04/2012 7:20:38 AM PDT by zerosix (Native sunflower)
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Knocking down Obamacare will go a long way toward cutting the deficit.

Big Bird? He should be on commercial TV.


8 posted on 10/04/2012 7:20:38 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama Loves To Spend My $$$$$$$$$$$$)
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Those are the exact points made by Newt, yes, if we declare certain subsidies "off limits," i.e. seven big banks are "too big to fail."

Cutting things like PBS and NPR when we have to borrow from China impresses the people we need energized to vote - vote for Romney!

9 posted on 10/04/2012 7:20:40 AM PDT by zerosix (Native sunflower)
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10 posted on 10/04/2012 7:21:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
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You echo my thoughts exactly. Of course eliminating this or that non-entitlement program won’t save us. We know the real spectre. But no one will go after SS, Medicare, etc., and unless it is rescinded ASAP soon no one will go after Obamacare. If they did, our streets might look like Greece. Gotta start somewhere, where many can agree and interested parties won’t throw Molotov cocktails to defend them.


11 posted on 10/04/2012 7:22:01 AM PDT by Tublecane
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His approach is right on. Quit borrowing money from China to pay for stuff like NPR.


12 posted on 10/04/2012 7:22:21 AM PDT by Harley (Those that don't engage in politics are destined to be governed by inferiors. -Plato)
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Well, put in mind that NPR also adds insult to injury by demanding donations in addition to the subsidies that they run on.


13 posted on 10/04/2012 7:22:31 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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I thought it was indicative of Romney’s night that he would say he would cut support for NPR etc. to Jim Lehers face right off the bat.


14 posted on 10/04/2012 7:24:07 AM PDT by Average Al
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You mean other networks wouldn’t fall over themselves backwards to host Sesame Street?


15 posted on 10/04/2012 7:25:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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Neither will cutting the $2.8 billion tax credits to oil producers.


16 posted on 10/04/2012 7:26:54 AM PDT by kabar
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Big bird is just symbolic, and there are many “big birds” with government spending, which, when added together, will come to a very considerable amount.


17 posted on 10/04/2012 7:27:07 AM PDT by adorno
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NPR also adds insult to injury by demanding donations in addition to the subsidies that they run on.

When is PBS NOT doing fundraising during their evening shows? It's more irritating watching them than watching network TV, never mind the program content!

18 posted on 10/04/2012 7:27:48 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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A Big Bird here, a Big Bird there, and pretty soon we’re talking about real money. I love how the left looks at cutting “small” programs singularly within the context of the entire budget, without adding all of those programs up. And you’re right, Vince - if we can’t cut programs like CPB, NPR, PBS, NEA, NEH, etc., then we can’t cut diddly.


19 posted on 10/04/2012 7:28:54 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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Sesame Street makes millions in royalties. They can pay their way.


20 posted on 10/04/2012 7:30:36 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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