Big Bird

Eric and I missed the first half hour of the presidential debate on Wednesday, so I was very confused about the references toward Big Bird. Eric tried to explain it to me yesterday and it seems so silly. I mean, apparently people are okay with our country going bankrupt as long as they can still watch Sesame Street? Really?

That's what all the arguments are about right? People think they can't live without their government funding and financial protection. Yes, it would be hard to lose funding for different programs and people would need to adapt, but the debt of our country is out of control and needs to be reigned in before we go bankrupt. I see that as the most important issue.

Today I saw a bunch of memes on Facebook with a dejected looking Big Bird so I decided to look into the issue some more.

I found an article from ABC that assured everyone Big Bird would be fine.

"Romney’s proposal to zero-out federal spending for public broadcasting will have little to no effect on Sesame Street’s budget because the show receives “very, very little funding” from PBS, Sesame Street’s executive vice president Sherrie Westin told CNN last week. Westin said the majority of the show’s funding comes from corporate sponsorships, product sales and donations.

“Quite frankly, you can debate whether or not there should be funding of public broadcasting. But when they always try to tout out Big Bird, and say we’re going to kill Big Bird – that is actually misleading, because Sesame Street will be here,” Westin said. “Big Bird lives on.” Read article here.

So relax you meme-making adults, if for any reason this proposal actually goes through, you'll still be able to watch your favorite children's TV show.