By now I'm sure most people have heard or read about the dilemna facing PBS following the first debate between President Obama and Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Romney commented "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I love Big Bird," he insisted... "I actually like you too (referring to debate moderator Jim Lehrer), but I’m going to stop borrowing money from China to pay for things we don't need."
Here's the problem... we do need PBS... we do need the programs that Romney would eliminate, because they're effective in a variety of ways and ultimately make life bearable for those living below the poverty line. But getting back to Sesame Street... it prepares very young kids with the tools necessary to move into the educational process in a non-threatening manner, by teaching them the rudiments of math, the alphabet, language, and more...
But according to Mitt Romney, we should just trash the Big Bird because we can't continue to borrow from China and Japan to "pay for things we don’t need." So, what would he continue to fund? The military, and those weapons contractors who continue to profit from our overseas incursions.
I wonder... is he speaking for himself, or for the American public?
As the election looms in the not-so-distant future, it will be the undecideds who ultimately make the choice for the presidency, not those of us who've already indicated our choice.
