Fw: NPR, PBS and NEA funding

NPR's Morning Edition last week, Nina Tottenberg said that if the Supreme
Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of the National Public
Radio (NPR), NEA & the Public Broadcasting System PBS).  PBS, NPR and the
arts are facing major cutbacks in funding. In spite of the efforts of each
station to reduce spending costs and streamline
their services, some government officials believe that the funding currently
going to these programs is too large a portion of funding for something
which is seen as not worthwhile. Currently, taxes from the general public
for PBS equal $1.12 per person per year, and the National
Endowment for the Arts equals $. 64 a year.


A January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of Americans
wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense and law
enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding. The Senate
and House appropriations committees each have13 subcommittees with
jurisdiction over many programs and agencies. Each subcommittee passes its
own appropriation bill. The goal each year is to have each
bill signed by the beginning of the fiscal year, which is October 1.


The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of support
for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by making our voices
heard. Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who
believe in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the
President of the United States and the Vice President of the United
States.  This petition is being passed around the Internet.

Please add your name to it so that funding can be maintained for the NEA,
NPR & PBS.

HOW TO SIGN & FORWARD: IT'S EASY: Please keep this petition rolling. Do not
reply to me. Please sign and forward to others to sign. If you prefer not to
sign, please send to the e-mail address indicated below.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT DUPLICATES.
This is being forwarded to several people at once to add their names to the
petition. It won't matter if many people receive the same list as the names
are being managed. This is for anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile
expenditure of $1.12/year of their taxes, a petition
follows.

If you sign, please forward on to others. If not, please don't kill it--send
it to the email address listed here:

wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu mailto:wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu>
or
kubi7975@blue.univnorthco.edu mailto:kubi7975@blue.univnorthco.edu>


NOTE: If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc.,signer of this
petition, please forward a copy to:
wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu mailto:wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu>

This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them.
Forward this to everyone you know, and help us to keep these programs alive.

Thank you!

NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT (highlight) the entirety of this
letter and then COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than simply
forwarding it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of
the list, then send it on. Or if option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.


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