Mitt says he'll fire Big Bird! - Page 4

Boreas · #31 10-05-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by piece-itpete

It shows that as a percentage military spending is DOWN. Therefore it is other issues that are killing the budget.

Well spoken enough?

Pete

No, it shows that military spending is down (slightly) as a percent of GDP. It also shows a steady increase during the Bush/Cheney regime and a decline since President Obama came to office.

OOPS! EB beat me.

John

piece-itpete · #32 10-05-2012, 10:42 AM

That's pretty stable over time.

Pete

JJIII · #33 10-05-2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bobabode

That's a bullshit argument, sorry John.

So you say.

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Originally Posted by Boreas

They were never intended to "pay for themselves". The whole idea was to have the network paid for by the people through direct contributions and taxes. It's a worthwhile and workable scheme for providing a source for news, educational and public affairs programming that's free from outside influence. In fact, it WAS working until Republicans began trying to starve it to death.

John

If the country were flush I would have no problem with the funding. The fact is we are hurting right now. Time for cuts in many, many places.

Boreas · #34 10-05-2012, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JJIII

If the country were flush I would have no problem with the funding. The fact is we are hurting right now. Time for cuts in many, many places.

It's precisely when times are tough that we need a lot of "truth-telling". We don't get that from corporate media and we never will.

John

JJIII · #35 10-05-2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

It's precisely when times are tough that we need a lot of "truth-telling". We don't get that from corporate media and we never will.

John

No argument from me on that point.

Boreas · #36 10-05-2012, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

It's precisely when times are tough that we need a lot of "truth-telling". We don't get that from corporate media and we never will.

John

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Originally Posted by JJIII

No argument from me on that point.

So PBS and NPR are important investments in our success and prosperity as a nation and as individuals.

John

ebacon · #37 10-05-2012, 11:22 AM

Here's a comparison of Big Bird vs. Military spending as a percentage of income tax revenue. Mitt sure has leveraged Big Bird. He's good at that.

JJIII · #38 10-05-2012, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

So PBS and NPR are important investments in our success and prosperity as a nation and as individuals.

John

Please don't put words in my mouth/posts.

Boreas · #39 10-05-2012, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JJIII

Please don't put words in my mouth/posts.

Don't assume that I am.

John

CarlV · #40 10-05-2012, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JBS...

There was a time when I watched PBS all the time... "Michigan Outdoors", Loved that show. I haven’t watched it in years; cable has made it too easy with 24/7 outdoors channels...

Times are a changing…

I haven't had cable in years. Nowadays I can get pretty much anything online and OTA extra channels. Barney Miller, WKRP, life is good. Lots of college football on ESPN3. Also ME-TV is pretty cool especially the restored Gunsmoke.

Outside of regular ESPN I don't miss anything, especially the 24/7 news channels.
Now going without DSL is another matter...

Killing Big Bird is just window dressing. My local big market PBS stations don't need it but the rural stations would fold without it.
Penny-wise and pound foolish, smoke and mirrors budget cutting is what it is, nothing more.

Carl