Fwd: Important: NEA, NPR Legislation - Funding

Sun Oct 25 07:25:32 EST 1998

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>From: "Joseph M. Fleishman" <jmfleishman at mail.utexas.edu>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Important: NEA, NPR Legislation - Funding
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>At 02:04 PM 10/23/98 -0500, Abram Weas wrote:
>>Subject: Important: NEA, NPR Legislation - Funding
>>
>>NPR/PBS Petition - Quick Sign
>>
>>The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of whether public 
>>funding
>>to an artist can be linked with the idea of whether the art is 
>>'decent.'
>>After the Robert Mapplethorpe "scandal" not so long ago, Congress 
>>passed
>>a law that for an artist's art to receive public money via the National
>>Endowment for the Arts, it must be deemed decent.
>>
>>On NPR Morning Edition this morning, Nina Tottenberg said that if the
>>Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA.  Then,
>>there's the question of Congressional funding: Funding for NPR/NEA &
>>PBS.  PBS, NPR (National Public Radio), and the arts are facing major
>>cutbacks in funding. 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 1.
>>
>>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 what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the President 
>>of
>>the United States, the Vice President of the United States, and
>>Representative Newt Gingrich, who is 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 
>>-
>>send it to the email address listed here:
>>wein2688 at blue.univnorthco.edu
>>or
>>kubi7975 at blue.univnorthco.edu
>>
>>****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of this
>>petition, please forward a copy to:
>>wein2688 at blue.univnorthco.edu.
>>
>>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.
>>
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