this was all set up years ago when there were hardly any choices. we have hundreds of channels, both tv, the radio, the internet. we don t need government to be in this business at all. jon: i red in a posting from our brain room that npr received government stimulus money a $50,000 grant that allowed i to keep an arts reporter. there are things that the corporation produces that i enjoy myself, but why does it need taxpayer dollars? isn t it survive on it s own two feet? i believe that it can and we should cut the ties, and we need to be serious about balancing our budget and living within our means or we re going to end up like greece or a country like that. we have to live within our means. i think there will be a serious caudry number of people in congress serious about doing that. jon: the budget in public