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Mitt Romney: “I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2012
I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you too, but I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah
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Editor's note · Context

Mitt Romney discusses his plans to cut federal funding for PBS during a debate.

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