THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009
TV Marti funds cut (click here)
TV Marti, the U.S. government station that by all lights has more employees in Miami-Dade than viewers in Cuba , may have its days numbered. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17-13 today to terminate the station when it approved an amendment offered today by Senator Byron Dorgan. The amendment cut $15 million from the combined budget of Radio and TV Marti.
It was nearly a party-line vote, with spendthrift Democrats voting to cut the money, and fiscal conservative Republicans voting to keep on spending it.
I listened to the debate on the webcast, and one senator argued that while the TV Marti signal may not get through, at least we’re sending the Cuban people a message that we are trying to communicate with them.
Washington Post story
US Senator Byron Dorgan (click here) when in office argued every year against TV Marti. Here he is on the crash, carried interest, hedge funds, the buffet rule and TV Marti. He begins at 03:35:38. The retired Senator is no small hero.
US Senator Byron Dorgan (click here) when in office argued every year against TV Marti. Here he is on the crash, carried interest, hedge funds, the buffet rule and TV Marti. He begins at 03:35:38. The retired Senator is no small hero.
