NPR has been involved in some real controversies recently, which is part of the reason the House voted last week to take away their funding. Although the chances of this happening look slim, the New York Times opined that the silliness of this purely symbolic gesture is shown in the fact that NPR only gets around 2% of its money from the government. I agree, which is exactly why it shouldn’t be a big deal to take it away. I know this isn’t going to solve the deficit, but given our emphatic commitment to government neutrality of ideas, I’d love to see all radio stations compete fairly with each other. I actually enjoy NPR for some things. I just don’t want to have to pay for it through taxes.
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