Democrat Pramila Jayapal and multi-millionaire travel writer Rick Steves recently lamented that they can no longer steal money from American taxpayers to keep NPR and PBS on the air. Steves claims Democrats only need to confiscate $1.60 a year from each American to keep the Democrat Party’s propaganda arms broadcasting partisan slop.
Have a listen. (WATCH)
A reminder from @RickSteves: funding for public broadcasting amounted to $1.60 per American every year — but Republicans cut it, gutting local NPR and PBS stations.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) August 21, 2025
Listen to more of our conversation about public media cuts here: https://t.co/cEY6QOktFk pic.twitter.com/JPDmUf4Lpj
That’s $1.60 too much. There is no reason at all for government funded media.
— PNW Conservative (@UnderWashington) August 21, 2025
It’s a propaganda tool.
I get more out of 1 Snickers bar than I have in a lifetime from public radio.💥😎
— The Admiral Bay Way (@ram7067) August 21, 2025
And unlike NPR and PBS, Snickers really satisfies.
Commenters are still celebrating the defunding of the two partisan broadcasters. Both had plenty of time to abandon being the mouthpieces of the Democrat Party, but refused to change.
Good. NPR and PBS weren't capable of producing unbiased content, so they deserved to be defunded.
— Richard M (@rlmcca) August 22, 2025
If only they had some kind of warning that ideological bias would put that federal funding in jeopardy if they didn’t meaningfully address it…
— stevemur (@stevemur) August 21, 2025
I don’t need to pay for leftist propaganda
— Gary Deinhard (@GDeinhard) August 21, 2025
They can put out all of the propaganda they want to as long as they pay for it. American citizens should not be paying for media who works against us.
— Lorrie Ann 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸 (@LorrieAnn25) August 21, 2025
Yep, let Democrats pay for their own media.
Posters were tired of paying for media that undermined their way of life and sneered at their beliefs.
Colossal waste of money to give to people who despise this country.
— OG Midnight Hammer (Approximately Beer Can Size) (@threeon05881723) August 21, 2025
Witch, it was cut because it was nothing but a mouthpiece for commie Democrat propaganda that Americans shouldn't be forced to fund!
— Daniel Osborne (@CCCPFC) August 21, 2025
MAGA will miss neither if one or both go under.
Posters correctly point out that a loss of funds would make any rational business prioritize and make changes to bring in much-needed money. NPR and PBS are not rational.
Such a small cut should allow any company to right size / make choices and go forward…. Just like any other company. Move on…
— Giles T (@GTip5154) August 21, 2025
That's not very much money.
— Dan Heenan (@VictorBarky) August 21, 2025
So, they should easily be able to make up the difference through private funding.
Say, one out of every ten Americans gave $16 a year because they like it and want it.
GoFundMe can make it happen.
Right?
There are roughly 347 million Americans. Not all states require voters to register with a party. Those that do show there are at least 45 million registered Democrats. Based on these numbers, if Democrats wanted to continue funding NPR and PBS, it would cost them roughly $12.30 a year. It’s time to pony up, Dems!
