I bet it just burns McDonalds right the fuck up they can't advertise to all those impressionable little minds. Have no doubt this isn't about debt.

PBS annual budget: $220 million dollars

Enough to fund the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts for six hours.

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PBS annual budget: $220 million dollars
Enough to fund the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts for six hours.


Just enough time to build the TAPI pipeline if we work fast under the cover of night.

"Is a program so critical that it's worth borrowing money from China to pay for it?"

*AHEM* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States

The if PBS had the same budget as the military, they would be able have about THREE THOUSAND TIMES as many channels, each with unique programming of equal quality of the current network. They could probably finally film that "Big Bird Goes to the Moon" segment for Sesame Street, or bring Mr. Rogers back from the dead so he might tell Mittens Romney this: http://videosift.com/video/Mr-Rogers-v-the-GOP-1969

SHhhhhhh! We have annointed this milksop (admittedly with GREAT hair) to run against OUR President. ROM is the most fakeservative of all the candidates. NO CRITICIZING ROMNEY ALLOWED. --Libmedia