2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Roy Karrde]

Odd. You once critised the President for making a joke about the Special Olympics an event that tends to be televised on - guess where?

I'm sorry Roy, but when it's a choice between a charity organization and a politician who wants to cut its funding, I'm siding with the charity organization.

Except the "Charity Organization" makes enough money to fund itself, something you refuse to address. Why should we continue to give the "Charity Organization" money when it is self sufficient? Can you answer me that?

[Dark Sage]

Again, I'll compare it to the Red Cross, which is also successful enough to support itself.

Should we cut it's funding too?

Just because it's successful doesn't mean we should penalize them.

And tell it to all the voters who are parents of five-year-old children who watch Sesame Street, a show that has been one of the most wholesome shows for children since even I was that age, one of the few genuinely educational shows for such children still around. They may have a different view of Romney's idea than you do.

[Roy Karrde]

Again, I'll compare it to the Red Cross, which is also successful enough to support itself.

Should we cut it's funding too?

Umm...

"Despite this close relationship with the federal government, the American Red Cross is not a federal agency, nor do we receive federal funding on a regular basis to carry out our services and programs. We receive our financial support from voluntary public contributions and from cost-recovery charges for some of our services, such as the provision of blood and blood products and health and safety training courses. Under limited circumstances, however, it sometimes becomes necessary for us to seek appropriations for certain programs when the funding requirements are beyond that supported by the charitable public."

http://www.redcross.org/about-us/his...ederal-charter

Just because it's successful doesn't mean we should penalize them.

How is that penalizing it? The Government helped them get successful through funds, and once they got there, they no longer need Government assistance. It would be like giving Welfare checks to some one who has gone from being poor to the middle class.

And tell it to all the voters who are parents of five-year-old children who watch Sesame Street, a show that has been one of the most wholesome shows for children since even I was that age, one of the few genuinely educational shows for such children still around. They may have a different view of Romney's idea than you do.

Except that has nothing to do with anything, Sesame Street is not going anywhere, it makes half a billion dollars alone! To act like taking Government funding away from it will suddenly cut off the program is pure dishonesty on your part.