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tclambert

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10. But Romney says cutting PBS will balance his budget.

Reply to Demeter (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:07 AM

Oct 2012

I never knew PBS cost $5 trillion.

(P.S. It actually costs less than $500 million a year. It would take 10,000 years to cover Romney's budget shortfall.)

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