tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020462371198312827.post4462399801397957649..comments2024-01-02T14:40:22.403-05:00Comments on Fresh Daily Bread: PBS and the Big PictureFreshGreenKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12815693641933892148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020462371198312827.post-81436016950231956542012-10-16T09:10:13.670-04:002012-10-16T09:10:13.670-04:00It is a brilliant but irrelevant strategic move. N...It is a brilliant but irrelevant strategic move. Nero fiddles while Rome burns comes to mind. FreshGreenKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12815693641933892148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020462371198312827.post-22525116472369366062012-10-16T09:06:45.535-04:002012-10-16T09:06:45.535-04:00The difference that I see with a PBS children'...The difference that I see with a PBS children's show and those that aren't are vast. Yes - there are muppet figures available as the latest craze - but the programming - those bits that enchant and excite - are specifically and intentionally developed to do just that with a POINT toward engaging a learning process. <br /><br />When less than 1/2 of 1% of the federal budget goes to funding this programming - and we can shore up private entities like oil, farming and banking - and no one peeps? That's just sad. <br /><br />It was a poor fiscal choice, but a brilliant strategy to red herring the real issues again - the inability of the GOP to actually have said little but NO in the past 2 congresses, and their inaccurate facts and figures ... everyone can relate to Big Bird - while not everyone can understand leveraged buyouts, corporate tax loopholes and most importantly - the personal tax loopholes that allow someone earning 200 million a year to pay 14% tax rate - while someone earning less than 200K is paying anywhere from 19 - 28%. And yet - they 'deserve" the increase to their disposable and discretionary income as the rest get to decide what they can afford after making their bills. <br /><br />Gaelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607778111313759648noreply@blogger.com