----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: Re: LIBERAL TALKRADIO NETWORK TO LAUNCH MARCH 31
> > Well, I guess it's competition of a sort. But the > money to be divided up _isn't_ zero sum, because > Congress always has the option to raise taxes or > deficit spend. And it is inherently political - that > is, NPR gets its money because it can command > political support. It can use its small but vocal > base of wealthy, politically active supporters to tax > everyone in order to benefit _them_. There's no > element of choice on the part of the people actually > doing the paying (directly) for speech. So there's a > bright line here. At most, money that goes to > Halliburton (for example) is indirectly going to > speech. But NPR money is direct. So it's coerced > speech. That's something that you, of all people on > the list, should be most opposed to. > Wait....I'm getting confused!!!! I thought the wealthy were the conservatives and the poor were the liberals. Which is it? xponent Popular Liberation Front Of Palestine Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
