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Originally Posted by Tannhauser
That's an odd statement from someone who claims to be a small government enthusiast.
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Well, its the amount spent on PBS and NPR is very small compared to other government programs.
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Why should the Federal Government be doing anything related to local school districts?
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I guess you never heard of the Department of Education? Every form of government has a tiered system on the federal, state, and local levels
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Public Access Chanels and the Channels used by the Universities also serve this purpose, so it's clearly redundant.
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Yeah-and in our area WHYY is "used by the universities". Meanwhile, College Public Access Channels are under a completely different umbrella as it is used as a utility to showcase student projects rather than substantive educational material.
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Originally Posted by Tannhauser
And I'd rather have the Federal Government doing what it's assigned to do by The Constitution rather than meddling in every aspect of public life spending billions of tax payer's hard earned dollars.
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I can agree on this, but when the government is using 100's of millions of dollars to place ineffective anti-drug advertising on the superbowl and pay for graffiti in my neighborhood(I'll provide a pict later), I think they might as well spend a lesser amount on proven educational tools.