In NPR Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg said that if the Supreme Court
supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA (National Endowment
for the Arts).
This situation creates great concerns about Congressional funding for
creative arts in America, since NEA provides major support for NPR
(National Public Radio); PBS (Public Broadcasting System), and numerous
other
creative and performing arts. If the NEA is lost or weakened, our lives
are similarly diminished.
In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending costs and
streamline their services, some government officials believe that the
funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion
of funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile. Currently,
taxes
from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per person per year, and the
National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a year. A January 1995
CNN/USA
Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of Americans wish to keep funding
for PBS, third only to national defense and law enforcement as the most
valuable programs for federal funding.
Each year, the Senate and House Appropriations committees each have 13
subcommittees with jurisdiction over many programs and agencies. Each
subcommittee passes its own appropriation bill. The goal each year is
to have each bill signed by the beginning of the fiscal year, which is
October.
The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of
support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by making our
voices heard.
Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who believe
in favor of what this stands for. This list will be forwarded
to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United
States, and the Speaker Of The House, the office of which has in the
past been the instigator of the action to cut funding to these worthwhile
programs. This petition is being passed around the Internet.
Please add your name to it so that funding can be maintained for the NEA,
NPR & PBS. Please keep this petition rolling. Do not reply to me.
Please sign and forward to others to sign. If you prefer not
to sign please send to the e-mail address indicated. This is
being forwarded to several people at once to add their names to the
petition. It won't matter if many people receive the same list as the
names are
being managed. This is for anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile
expenditure of $1.12/year of their taxes, a petition follows.
If you sign, please forward on to others. If not, please don't kill it.
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This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. Forward
this to everyone you know, and help us to keep these programs alive.
Thank you.
NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter and
then
COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than simply forwarding it.
In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the list,
then send it on. Or if option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.
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125. Linda Noble, Weatherby Lake, MO
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127. Amy Spokas, Washington, DC
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