And naturally I'm of two minds about this. We can all see the negative side to this fairly easily.

The plus I see is the government drops it support but then can have no control over what Public Broadcasting says either in a national or a local forum. The public sector then has to support PBS on a larger scale.

What we don't see is this.   The government gives research grants to General Electric and buys GE's fine radar and Cruise Missile components. GE gives money to PBS to support shoes like NOVA and SAcience Fridays. The government says, "Stop supporting those shows which are supported by PBS or well will give our money to Halliburton Electric." Then hidden agenda happens where GE stops and The Gov gives the money to HE anyway.

I can afford to support PBS a little more but can everybody?

Don