OPINION: The Doge, the deficit and PBS
As a taxpayer, I say "hooray" to eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. As a father, grandfather and former political official in a state that balances its budget every year, I abhor the fact that our nearly $37 trillion dollar deficit increases by an additional $1 million every 20 seconds. It is long past time that we put our national fiscal house in order.
However, I do dissent from the president's May 1 Executive Order entitled "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media." Directed at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, it also impacts the Public Broadcasting Service, its local affiliate Idaho Public Television, and some 350 sister stations through the country.
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