Let's Put "Big Bird" To A Vote

In last week's debate, Romney caused somewhat of an uproar, especially among Democrats, when he said that he would be willing to drop federal dollar support for "Big Bird" and Jim Lehrer.   Well, I have a proposal.

Right now, there are about 135 million tax returns filed each year.  Of those, about 100 million actually have any tax liability and will actually pay taxes for that year.  According to various sites on the internet, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting gets about $160 million in grants from the federal government to support PBS and NPR.  For the average taxpayer that's about $1.60 a year.  So, let's add a line to next year's tax return that says something to the effect: Enter an amount of either zero or $2 or more in the amount of additional taxes you are willing to pay to support Public Broadcasting (PBS and NPR).  If the liberals are lucky, taxpayers might actually give more than is currently being paid to support public radio and TV.