HappySqurriel on 04 October 2012
I think many people missed the point on the PBS example ...
It isn't about whether PBS is a good institution or worth funding in general, it is about whether PBS is worth funding when you know you have to borrow that money to fund it. Maybe PBS is that important and maybe it isn't, but if you're using that as your standard for what gets cut and what gets kept you're on a much better path than the government currently is.
For example, is it worth funding green energy companies that offshore most of their manufacturing to China knowing that you will be borrowing that money from China to fund the company? In my opinion that sounds like a great deal for China and an awful deal for Americans.
