From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 3/5/26 5:58 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > Using government subsides, which is exactly what you   
   > > want to do with our media. I prefer Trump's way, which   
   > > is the actual conservative way. Trump defunded PBS and   
   > > NPR, and he negotiated with prescription drug companies   
   > > to get them to lower their sky-high prices that they've   
   > > been charging us, while giving lower prices to other   
   > > countries. Trump fixed BOTH problems that you would   
   > > prefer to let government subsidies do. But then you're   
   > > a lifelong Democrat, so of course you love the concept   
   > > of all-powerful government.   
   >   
   > You got it backwards:  You recognized a very serious   
   > problem and "Argued" for it's preservation.   
      
   No, I am arguing for their extinction, which the   
   free market will cause to happen. Your plan would   
   artificially prop them up, so they could get their   
   lawyers to give them all the round-about ways to   
   get around all your legalistic rules that no one   
   will be able to understand.   
      
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