on this one. Kessler is right, the coal miner and the single mom in Detroit are paying the cost of one candy bar per annum in tax contribution to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
But Kessler in The Washington Post goes haywire from there.
“The biggest part of the federal budget is entitlement programs — especially Social Security and Medicare — but President Trump has pledged to leave those untouched. That’s where the real money is, whereas programs like the CPB are a relative pittance.”
Last time, I looked, Social Security was paid for by employees and employers.
Last time I looked, both Social Security and Medicare’s budgets were smaller than the military’s.
Last time I looked, Paul Ryan was starting to unravel Medicare in the new “health care replacement” bill by raiding its trust fund, and Trump was on board with that.