Okay so I’m assuming you’re ESL here because you’ve completely misinterpreted my original response. I was pointing out that the US also funds institutions in addition to PBS such as schools and libraries, yet our republican population gets up and arms about healthcare. It was adding your your argument. It was agreeing with your sentiment. A complimentary piece of information to back your argument.
The part I’m not understanding is why you seemed to be attacking me for agreeing with you.
If I had to choose between PBS and national healthcare, I would prefer to have national healthcare. However, this argument only works in a black and white world, a binary world, or an extremists only world. We do not live in that. You can have both. Your argument at that point is a what-about-ism that you really did not have to bring up.
I never said PBS is “as important as healthcare” and my statement about why people are “stuck on healthcare” was saying “I do not understand why U.S. Americans (specifically, Republicans) are so quick to dismiss national healthcare as an option when we have other public services in the U.S that function without a problem.”
Also, I’m not sure what your tirade at the end of “pay for a TV channel for a foreigner” is all about. PBS’s primary focus and audience is on the US. Other countries can consume the content sure, but any American could watch say, the BBC. Just because an American watches the BBC does not mean that American is somehow siphoning money off of the UK.
So again, I have no idea why you’re attacking me when I am literally agreeing with your statement.











Unsurprising. Its been said that if Libraries werent such an accepted norm that they would be seen as socialist/communist propaganda today. I dont think that it would be far off from the truth. I’m thankful we have libraries.