RIP, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

[BoSoxGal]

A private corporation funded by the American people.







There is so much that is so awful that I just have grieving fatigue - but this one really, really hurts. We grew up together, after all - nearly constant companions across the ages of my life. One of the best things we ever did and I was always so proud to be a funder.

Fuck MAGA.

[liberty]

A private corporation funded by the American people.







There is so much that is so awful that I just have grieving fatigue - but this one really, really hurts. We grew up together, after all - nearly constant companions across the ages of my life. One of the best things we ever did and I was always so proud to be a funder.

Fuck MAGA.

I could be wrong, but I don't think it's going anywhere. It will rely more on donations and contributions, probably some from corporations looking to be mentioned, and wealthy individuals (many of them liberals), along with local supporters. They might shift their programming to be more moderate, maybe even more conservative. I don't know. But I do believe it's here to stay.

I've watched it for years, and lately, the quality of the programs just isn't what it used to be. The science shows used to really grab my interest, and the political ones felt more informational and less biased. But as I said, I don't think it's going anywhere. They'll still be in business.

[BoSoxGal]

YOU ARE WRONG, YOU MAGA ASSHOLE.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is DEAD, they publicly announced yesterday they will be shutting the doors in September with a skeleton crew on hand for another few months to tie up loose ends leftover from nearly 60 years of excellence in broadcasting support.

DEAD BECAUSE YOUR MAGA ASSHOLE FRIENDS KILLED IT, by refusing to fund it despite MILLIONS of citizens calling and writing to Congress pleading for the funding to be included in the toxic MAGA budget bill. It's OUR money, and they refused to spend it on something WE wanted to keep funding - something that enriches life for Americans rich and poor, rural and citified, liberal, moderate, conservative, libertarian, apolitical.

Fuck you liberty. I have no fucking patience anymore for your bigoted, ignorant kind who go around smashing and breaking beautiful things without even bothering to spend one minute considering the consequences. It's enough to make libruhls cry; all other consequences are irrelevant to you and your fucking Neanderthal pals.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut

[MajGenl.Meade]

Truck Fump and all his minions, private and public.

NPR, which produces news programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered, relies on direct federal funds for only a small portion of its budget. But its approximately 1,000 member stations receive a heftier portion of their operating revenue through CPB. Those in rural and poor areas in particular rely on CPB grants. With its nightly PBS News Hour and children's programming, such as Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, PBS gets around 15% of its revenue from federal money, as do its member stations on average.

"The ripple effects of this closure will be felt across every public media organization and, more importantly, in every community across the country that relies on public broadcasting,"

The CPB is the distribution org for the public funds. Now there are no public funds (i.e. my tax dollars supporting genuine truthful journalism with a pretty obvious agenda on social issues), of course it closed. But NPR and associated orgs can continue if the listeners stump up.

They could lose some of their desperate desire to push "queer" in everyone's face - I don't care if people are bent but NPR never bothers to introduce other commentators as "straight". Maybe it would help the $$$$. Margaretta and I just received our We Love NPR t-shirt (we could share if I lose some girth) because we support freedom and fair journalism with our private funds, regardless of any stances we find less than optimum. That's the point of free speech.

I voted against Trump 3 times now (once in a primary) and wish he and JV Dance would have a head-on collision at speed in dune buggies. But only if it's their choice.

[liberty]

YOU ARE WRONG, YOU MAGA ASSHOLE.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is DEAD, they publicly announced yesterday they will be shutting the doors in September with a skeleton crew on hand for another few months to tie up loose ends leftover from nearly 60 years of excellence in broadcasting support.

DEAD BECAUSE YOUR MAGA ASSHOLE FRIENDS KILLED IT, by refusing to fund it despite MILLIONS of citizens calling and writing to Congress pleading for the funding to be included in the toxic MAGA budget bill. It's OUR money, and they refused to spend it on something WE wanted to keep funding - something that enriches life for Americans rich and poor, rural and citified, liberal, moderate, conservative, libertarian, apolitical.

Fuck you liberty. I have no fucking patience anymore for your bigoted, ignorant kind who go around smashing and breaking beautiful things without even bothering to spend one minute considering the consequences. It's enough to make libruhls cry; all other consequences are irrelevant to you and your fucking Neanderthal pals.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut

Well, at least I'm grateful that you recognize I'm not MAGA. I may travel on the same train with them, but only if it's going in my direction. As far as Trump is concerned, you could consider him a useful tool; I don't care. I actually doubt he's an idiot, and I don't care if he is, as long as certain things happen at the end of the day. I accept that there will be collateral damage on the way to a successful end; that's unfortunate, but that's just how messy operations go.

Regarding your comment about it being "our money" and that we should spend it on CPB if we want to, our money? Or does it belong to our creditors? You may not want to accept it. but that's the way it is. Perhaps too many in this country live with delusions of grandeur, believing what we have can go on forever. The government's ability to borrow is not unlimited; it’s not a cornucopia endlessly spewing goody.

The debt will soon become unmanageable, and the money you want to spend on CPB will be needed to pay interest on that debt. Things could get so bad that we might have to close national parks, maybe even lease some to private concerns. In the end, we're going to have to raise taxes, not just for the wealthy, but for everyone, because the cutbacks are simply not saving enough.

And let’s be honest; very few political conversations end without bruises; We all have to give up something, Is essential that we be realistic but the situation we're in and deal with it.

Oh, and regarding the personal remark; I appreciate the sentiment, but respectfully, my dear, you're about 10 to 15 years too late; those days are behind me

[ex-khobar Andy]

Liberty told us:

The debt will soon become unmanageable, and the money you want to spend on CPB will be needed to pay interest on that debt. Things could get so bad that we might have to close national parks, maybe even lease some to private concerns. In the end, we're going to have to raise taxes, not just for the wealthy, but for everyone, because the cutbacks are simply not saving enough.

The cutbacks are simply not saving enough. Sure, lib. We will see the real cost of cutbacks next time a river floods and we couldn't (or wouldn't) find the few million it would take to put in an alarm system. Or next time there are floods in Maryland and Trump says he won't activate FEMA.

Put it this way. We could still take 99% of Musks's net worth and he would still be impossibly wealthy. Assuming he did build his companies on his engineering skills and financial smarts (that's a major league 'if' right there) he still used taxpayer funded roads and taxpayer funded education and taxpayer funded military (=relative freedom) as scaffolding. Democracy will not survive long in countries with this level of wealth inequality.

[liberty]

Liberty told us:

The debt will soon become unmanageable, and the money you want to spend on CPB will be needed to pay interest on that debt. Things could get so bad that we might have to close national parks, maybe even lease some to private concerns. In the end, we're going to have to raise taxes, not just for the wealthy, but for everyone, because the cutbacks are simply not saving enough.

The cutbacks are simply not saving enough. Sure, lib. We will see the real cost of cutbacks next time a river floods and we couldn't (or wouldn't) find the few million it would take to put in an alarm system. Or next time there are floods in Maryland and Trump says he won't activate FEMA.

Put it this way. We could still take 99% of Musks's net worth and he would still be impossibly wealthy. Assuming he did build his companies on his engineering skills and financial smarts (that's a major league 'if' right there) he still used taxpayer funded roads and taxpayer funded education and taxpayer funded military (=relative freedom) as scaffolding. Democracy will not survive long in countries with this level of wealth inequality.

If you want to ignore moral, legal, and constitutional concerns, you could do it; you could take 90% of Elon Musk's wealth. But that would only pay off about 1% of the national debt.

Now, if you took 90% of the wealth from everyone in this country worth over $1,000,000, you could technically pay off the national debt and still have roughly $33 trillion left over. But in doing so, you'd wreck the economy.

The people who hold that kind of money generally do so because they’re good at producing wealth. If they stop producing, the country will go downhill fast. There's no easy way out of the situation we're in; it’s going to be tough, no matter what path we take.

I don’t oppose setting reasonable limits on executive compensation, maybe tying it to some ratio compared to the average worker in the company. But when it comes to owners, that’s a different story.

Business owners are the ones who take big risks. They can make massive profits or lose everything. We have to consider the risks they face, and the damage it will do to the economy if we overtax them. I think it’s a Bad idea.

[MGMcAnick]

Both my local NPR radio station and PBS TV station held fund raisers to drum up the support needed to match the money stolen from the CBP. The radio station reached their $230,000 goal in four days. Yes I contributed in addition to the monthly money they get from my debit card. The TV station lost even more money, and did not make it up, yet, even with my help.

"If I were a rich man" Tevye

Did you help? (Not that anyone should have to)

[liberty]

Both my local NPR radio station and PBS TV station held fund raisers to drum up the support needed to match the money stolen from the CBP. The radio station reached their $230,000 goal in four days. Yes I contributed in addition to the monthly money they get from my debit card. The TV station lost even more money, and did not make it up, yet, even with my help.

"If I were a rich man" Tevye

Did you help? (Not that anyone should have to)

I don't know you as well as I know some of the other posters here, so I want to make sure it's understood that I'm not trying to be offensive or aggressive. But my question is: why do you consider it stolen money? No one is entitled to anything they didn't earn, stations included.

The whole notion reminds me of how some people approach inheritances: “Hey, it's my inheritance; I’m entitled to it.” But the truth is no one is entitled to an inheritance until it's legally theirs. If someone leaves it to you, it’s because they loved you enough to remember you, or because they didn’t want the state to take it. But that doesn’t mean you deserved it. As my lawyer puts it, it’s just manna from heaven.

I do contribute to charities, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Wounded Warrior Project, and yes, even the ASPCA. I think supporting animal causes is silly. I love animals, especially dogs and cats. But I believe that, in terms of need, children come first.

[Big RR]

Remember that when you want to collect social security or use medicare. Sure, you paid a little into it, but pretty much did nothing to earn it, despite government promises that it will be there for you.

The public broadcasting is in the same boat; they formed stations and purchased equipment, hired people, etc. based on government funding promises, but since the asshole in chief doesn't the money is taken (and I don't think "stolen" is an inappropriate characterization) to pursue his agenda (e.g. build more prisons--sorry detention centers--to pander to his supporters), and we will dismantle a vibrant public broadcasting system because of this. But supporting the arts means nothing to the cheeto in power unless it is arts that support and kiss his ass.

Unlike inheritance, this is OUR money paid in taxes to be spent according to the laws enacted by Congress, but the executive is just ignoring the law and shifting the funds according to the whims of an asshole; I guess that doesn't bother you, but I shudder to think what will be left of this country but the end of his term. But I guess we had a pretty good run, and will throw it all away by our 250th anniversary of our independence.