SAVE Big Bird & NOT elect Romney as President.
Mitt "I like you Jim but I would stop this subsidy to PBS - I like big bird but...."
"ROMNEY: Good. OK, good. So I'll get rid of that. I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But I'm not going to"
FACT: Outlays for Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
PBS: 25.2 Million
NPR: 2.46 Million
Public Television Stations: 281.85 Million
Public Radio: 94 million
Total outlays (including a 5% administration fee maximum mandated by law ): 424 Million
CPB as a % of the 2010 Federal Budget: %00.012. No, that's not a typo. PBS/NPR funding represents approximately 1 / 100th of ONE percent of the federal budget.
"ROMNEY: Good. OK, good. So I'll get rid of that. I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But I'm not going to"
FACT: Outlays for Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
PBS: 25.2 Million
NPR: 2.46 Million
Public Television Stations: 281.85 Million
Public Radio: 94 million
Total outlays (including a 5% administration fee maximum mandated by law ): 424 Million
CPB as a % of the 2010 Federal Budget: %00.012. No, that's not a typo. PBS/NPR funding represents approximately 1 / 100th of ONE percent of the federal budget.
