They're After PBS Again, Still Not Funding Vets

The new budget includes a $157 million cut to PBS. Bastards.

poor children in this nation face school systems that have less then adequate resources, since the federal government has given them a ton of "no child left behind" mandates without funding them, and PBS represents a stop-gap for a lot of these kids in terms of early childhood learning. Since you've already cut the budget for head start, for child support payments and for medical assistance for these poor children, I'm drawing the line at Elmo.

It's time to hit the fax machines and the phone lines, gang. Contact your Representatives in Washington and tell them this is a budget cut too far. Do it for Elmo.

Do it for Elmo and others afflicted by this budget:

President Bush's budget calls for elimination of a $255 lump-sum death payment that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years and urges Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts...

This budget will almost uniformly hurt those who need help most and further dishonors our veterans and service members. Please contact your reps and tell them this will not be tolerated. The proposed budget is patently offensive.




Tags: budget cuts, PBS, Social Security, Bush, military