PBS is doing better than I thought (last week's prime time ratings)

I'm only posting the relevant portions of the chart, not the whole
thing:

Gerry...

The federal funding for PBS has been reduced so much that the average
tax payer is now charged $1.70 per year. That is less than one half cent

videonovels...

Bzzzz. $1.70 is per person, and it's also out-of-date.
Updated:

$600 million last year, divided by 150 million taxpayers == $4 each.

per day. So if you gave up one double espresso latte with extra foam at
your corner coffee store once a year you would have more than covered
your cost of supporting PBS. Or if you got off your couch and took a

Anim8rFSK...

I don't drink coffee, and I don't care to suppport PBS.

walk a few days a week I suspect you could find a penny laying in your
path and if you picked them up you would cover your huge tax liability
in supporting PBS.

I'm one of those people who doesn't have cable, and the only informative
TV programming I get is from PBS, so CNN, Discovery, etc. is not an
option for me.