California has budget problems. They decided they couldn't afford to keep the state parks open. When news of this got out those who love the parks got out their check books and DONATED enough money to keep them all open.
Now let me ask you, if enough people care about the parks to keep them open out of their own pockets, why is the government forcing the tax payer to do it? Why not make this permanent? And how many other programs that we think the Gov has to do would fall under the same category?
Let's take Big Bird for example; If the Gov quit funding Sesame Street, how many would send a donation to keep it going? And if enough people didn't care enough to donate to it, should it really survive?
(Actually what would happen is that Discovery Channel or TLC would pick Sesame Street and a whole bunch of other PBS programs up and continue them, just with commercials between shows. Hey, you know what? Let's put them up for bid and put the money on the debt!)
Now let me ask you, if enough people care about the parks to keep them open out of their own pockets, why is the government forcing the tax payer to do it? Why not make this permanent? And how many other programs that we think the Gov has to do would fall under the same category?
Let's take Big Bird for example; If the Gov quit funding Sesame Street, how many would send a donation to keep it going? And if enough people didn't care enough to donate to it, should it really survive?
(Actually what would happen is that Discovery Channel or TLC would pick Sesame Street and a whole bunch of other PBS programs up and continue them, just with commercials between shows. Hey, you know what? Let's put them up for bid and put the money on the debt!)
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