GOP Wants to Axe Sesame Street?!
Only Republicans would be ignorant enough to consider defunding public broadcasting.
Politico: Break out the Big Bird and Elmo props again — Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced a bill Friday that would eliminate federal funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the latest shot in a long-running GOP effort to kill PBS funding.
Their legislation would stop all taxpayer subsidies to CPB and its entities, including National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, which the GOP pair argues can survive financially without taxpayer dollars.
The problem is that “knowledge” and “liberal” have become synonamous. It’s funny how the GOP dislikes the mainstream media, educators, and public broadcasting networks because they have a “liberal” world view. These are people who 1) seek out the truth, 2) teach knowledge to our children, and 3) disseminate useful information.
If your world view is so skewed that facts are your enemy and don’t deserve federal funding, then you need a big, BIG hug from a liberal. Perhaps even from a tree hugger or two.
