Taxpayers do not need to fund NPR and PBS any longer. Years ago this funding was appropriate not in current times.

big turd wants to pay for his tax cuts with big bird

Stop funding wars with money from China.

71M was the last amount I saw as the government subsidy to PBS... that's less than a number of wall street execs make in a year. Seems like we're making a big deal over a tiny amount of money for something that is actually... educational... for our children.

Seems like there's some more meaningful cuts that could be made.. outside of the fact that public broadcasting is a demon that Republicans have long wanted to slay.

Coming in at 1/100th of 1% of the budget (!!) is THIS where "Mitt" wants to direct focus of his budget balancing ?? With BILLIONS wasted on unneeded wars, defense waste, Halliburton and other contractor unaccountability, money spent so profligately that the budget office can't even figure out where HUNDREDS of billions of dollars were spent in Iraq? And "Mitt" is worried about Big Bird????

Romney and his GOP cohorts may like Big Bird, but they hate and fear the "elite liberal media" that gets airtime on PBS. He prefers that the public stay focused on "Say Yes to th Dress" and such like. John Lennon put it better than I ever could..."They keep you doors with religion, sex and TV.....

Cutting education and leg up programs for the children of the poor are the Christian values Romney and his ilk embrace! Disgusting! Is that the way to get people to take responsibility for themselves? To deny them opportunities for education?

Another Romney's tactic that cut child public programs, education...

Romney needs to keep his greedy, nasty little "Mitts" away from children's learning. A true disgrace.

Yeah....this is all about Big Bird....liberal mentality! Ha!

I'm a taxpayer and a New Mom of a Sixth month old baby baby who loves Sesame street the PBS channel. Mean Romney intends on cutting No Vote for him.were an OBAMA family he gets our VOTE.....

Folks, you all have valid points. Whether its for financing wars, or public television or any number of the thousands of programs we pay for, we've got to face up to the fact that we are spending money like a drunken sailor and putting it on the next generation's credit card. Ok, maybe we keep Big Bird. As a fan & supporter of PBS I can tell you this: if you love it so much, are you willing to support it out of your own pocket?

Buckshot: Oh yes, let's take away our only source of genuine information; information that is not biased whatsoever. Let's just take all the money that we were giving to NPR and give it to Fox News! Sounds like a great idea...

The dynamic duo of Romney and Ryan would drive the entire economy into a nose dive as long as it benefits the richest Americans. They'll even destroy our beloved Big Bird and anything government-funded which stands in the way of making the rich richer. Income inequality is endangering the Middle Class and making paupers of us all who don’t have those millions upon millions of dollars. Read more about the role of Romney’s riches in this election and the power of his sacred undergarments at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/05/mitt-romneys-magic-mormon-underwear.html The working class of our country can’t AFFORD to allow this election to be bought and sold!