Re: RAT Funding for NPR

["Deron Bos" <deronbos@hotmail.com>]

check out:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa052798.htm

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>Subject: RAT Funding for NPR
>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:45:53 -0500
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>Subject: Funding for NPR
>
>
>.On NPR's Morning Edition last week, Nina Totenberg said that if the
>Supreme Court supports Congress,it is in effect the end of the National
>Public Radio NPR), NEA & the Public Broadcasting SystemPBS). 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 peryear, 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 have 13
>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 fiscalyear, 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 or 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
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