Re: OT (or maybe not) National Endowment of the Arts...

["Stephen P. Goodman" <sgoodman@earthlight.net>]

Chain letters don't work.  This one in particular has been floating round
the Internet for over three years, and will probably never get to whomever
the instigator of this bit intended to read it!  Who, tell me, is supposed
to be the end run, and pass this along to them, then?

Basically, all you're doing is using bandwidth.  And thus said, I'll stop
doing same.

Stephen Goodman
EarthLight Productions * http://www.earthlight.net

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: OT (or maybe not) National Endowment of the Arts...


>
>  Subject:  NPR & PBS Funding
>
>  On NPR's Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg reported that if the Supreme
>  Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National Endowment of
>  the Arts, it is in effect the end of NEA. 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 NEA is lost or weakened, our lives will be 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.
>
>  Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends that you
>  believe are in favor of what this stands for. The full list will be
>  forwarded to the President of the United States, the Vice President, and
>
>  the Speaker of the House, whose office 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, and PBS.
>  THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY WORK AS A VOICE IN OUR
>  DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.  IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD.
>
>  Please keep the petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Sign your name and
>
>  locale to the list and forward it to others to sign.  If you prefer not
>  to, please send the list to the email address given below. This is being
>
>  forwarded to numerous 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 and PBS deserve $1.12/year of their
>  taxes. If you sign, please forward the list to others. If not, please
>  don't kill it. If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer
>
>  of this petition, please forward a copy to:
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>  keep these programs alive. Thank you.
>
>  IMPORTANT NOTE: It is preferable that you COPY the entirety of this
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