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Sesame Workshops is neither owned or operated by PBS. Sesame Workshops is an independent entity. They rely heavily upon donor support, just like PBS, but the two do not raise funds jointly.
As for PBS, their funding from the National Endowment for the Art's constitutes less than 1/100th of a percent of the domestic budget. They raise over 85% of their funds through individual and corporate donations.
Meanwhile, seven (7) people with net income in excess of $1MM managed to pay ZERO taxes for 2010, as did over 400 with income in excess of $500M.
The capital gains tax rate and carried interest loopholes create a patently unjust scenario where we see multi-millionaires receiving a lower tax rate than a cashier at Walmart.
As long as there are Tax Loopholes a mediocre accountant could drive a truck through, we will continue to ramp up deficits. R&R will not change that, they will exacerbate the situation.
Often we are better off when Government does noting and the free-markets self correct. The best scenario would be O&B are reelected, cannot accomplish anything and the Bush tax cuts expire on their own. That would be the only way to put a dent in the deficit.
As an Independent Voter (former Republican) that's what I'm hoping for.
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