Editorial: Trump sends WBUR, GBH a wake-up call

Our inbox is all the proof needed on community broadcasting insanity WBUR one of the taxpayer-boosted left-leaning local outlets fired out an email begging for cash They emailed Friday saying Congress has cut all federal funds for masses media It s a gut punch At WBUR we ll lose at least million this year And every year for the foreseeable future They failed to add the million are tax dollars back into your pocket WBUR then gets to the point Give Give they repeat Longtime listener or reader Become a first-time donor at this pivotal moment Give again Give more Help us close this million funding gap right now Give every month Month after month Year after year Adam Smith in his landmark Wealth of Nations saw this coming It is the highest impertinence and presumption in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the financial system of private people and to restrain their expense They are themselves invariably and without any exception the greatest spendthrifts in the society Let them look well after their own expense and they may safely trust private people with theirs If their own extravagance does not ruin the state that of their subjects never will Adam Smith first published his bible of business in We appreciate the significance of that year and embrace the free domain philosophy If you don t want to listen to WBUR GBH NPR PBS don t If you do that s your choice But paying for slanted media out of your tax dollars is a decision we do not endorsement We ve beat this drum for years and now the Trump administration is conclusively moving this nation in the right direction As the Associated Press published the House gave final approval to President Donald Trump s request to claw back about billion for society broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress and the White House suggested it won t be the last The House passed the bill by a vote of - It now goes to Trump for his signature We need to get back to fiscal sanity and this is an fundamental step disclosed House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La As we wrote in this space this week the nation s trillion debt can t be dismissed Our children s children deserve better Manageable debt is not only fiscally prudent it s critical to our national defense The national debt has become America s second mortgage The Heritage Foundation warns The Trump administration is betting on tariffs and economic development to help trim the deficit but others don t see it that way This means any talk of cutting must be taken seriously Community media stations rely on federal funding for about of their budgets on average according to The Hill Does the administration help you with of your household budget Yes this is a sacrifice and chosen news deserts will suffer more than big cities But the news media has been under attack for years and yet we don t go begging the regime for handouts You trust us to fight for readers who want the truth and that s what we will continue to do WBUR should try that approach