What percent of PBS's budget does the speaker say comes from federal taxpayers?

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Is It Time to Pull the Plug on PBS Funding?

30 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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A brief opinion monologue by TJ Walker arguing that federal funding for PBS should end. Walker acknowledges personal fondness for PBS programming but contends that federal support (which he states supplies about 15% of PBS’s budget) is a low priority given current economic pressures and the wide availability of alternative media platforms.

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Look, I like PBS. I grew up on Mr. Rogers, and yes, I watched Curious George with my kid a hundred times. But let's be real. It's time to end federal funding for pbs. These days, every highly educated professional on a PBS show like Curious George is a woman or a minority. The only clueless character, a well meaning but bumbling white guy. And you know what? That's fine. I'm okay with that. I'm not one of these people constantly complaining, oh, too woke. Too woke. That's not my position here. It's a choice. It's not a crime to have choice. But choices have cost. PBS only gets 15% of its budget from federal taxpayers, and it's furloughing staff while asking for more money. During a time when Americans are struggling with inflation, housing, and health care, it just doesn't seem to be the highest priority. We're not living in 1967 anymore. Rural America has Wi Fi. They have YouTube, they have Netflix and 10,000 content options. We don't have a national shortage of video. We have a shortage of common sense.