The Question of Funding NPR

The Question of Funding NPR

The Congress recently voted to cut funding for NPR. It is time to see if the bill makes it through the Senate. The amount of funding the government gives NPR is very small compared to their total budget. However, the budget needs fixing. Either we need more taxes for the wealthy or we need to make cuts in programs, or both this essay addresses funding issues relative to NPR.

Firstly, I won’t make you hunt. If NPR’s budget is cut, though I am an avid listener, I won’t complain, but I might fret a little. At least the government would be doing something to help solve their financial problems. Though cutting NPR doesn’t have the earmarks of being a Democrat idea, ultimately if there is to be something done about the massive debt of our country, one side has to give, either the Republicans or the Democrats.

I would prefer if we cut our military budget though it could be more disastrous. If our soldiers no longer have the military to count on for work, then they have a much greater potential for becoming an underclass than the folks that work at NPR. The people that work for NPR will always be among our countries best. However, given all the waivers, felonies, obesity and other problems of those who enlist in the military perhaps the republicans are right. By continuing our wars abroad, perhaps we are keeping the junk out of our nation. Those are harsh words, but probably accurate. There once was a time when the military was America’s finest, but largely due to fault of our military recruiters we have let the quality of the personnel in the military slide. Most of those would be the underclass. It would probably be less expensive to label them with PTSD, and give them a monthly Social Security check, but we have other problems that might be greater such as worrying about America’s security if we bring our troops home.

I just listened to a program that gave the data. NPR is the most unbiased news program. Thus, to me they have most likely spent every penny in a wise way. This is such that we might expect to see some decline in the quality of NPR’s programming even if they lose only a small portion of their funding. It will be sad. However, to me NPR represents some of America’s most capable citizens. If anyone is able to figure out how to make a buck stretch further, then it will be NPR. Besides, many other news sources do not receive funding, and because of that it makes it more difficult for them to compete with NPR. Perhaps, if this bill goes through the senate, and funding for NPR is cut, it will help level the playing field for news. Maybe it will even help the ailing newspaper business, but probably not.

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