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Cavuto: Big Bird isn't the problem
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- Duration 3:03
- Date Oct 9, 2012
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-- now but I gotta address this one -- to get anyone's feathers ruffled -- big bird they've been talking to you gotta come down.
Quit getting your -- at a joint because Mitt Romney wants to close the spigot on your joint.
Let me tell you DV you know money going to be be right.
Just because he wants to stop paying for you doesn't mean he doesn't still love you we all love you big -- we just think it's time you flew the -- Made -- listening to -- they -- looked at me.
You're not the problem -- friend.
The taxpayer dollars that helped heavier cozy Washington that stock.
You don't need -- and it is promising free market I suspect -- -- even more without them.
That's the thing about a comic symbols they don't need to be propped up and you big bird are an icon you Mike -- sleep twelve feathered friend.
Bart Starr.
And what -- are pulling on you was nothing short of a cruel joke.
Think about what they are saying big bird that your -- to keep that -- she.
And that the millions we spent -- you -- public broadcasting is little more than bird -- the that we get a whole lot of bang for that because I mean but you know what -- big bird.
You know.
And I don't know about this but I don't think applies here's -- By that argument.
We would never cut anything ever.
Taxpayer funding for public television is chump -- so why bother.
Money wasted on a solar company the planes out -- -- compared to the billions more in taxpayer money wasted each and every year so -- -- All true.
But you don't need to be -- count on Sesame Street to realize that's a dead end street.
-- necessary program all unnecessary programs three unnecessary -- sorry I had kids I'd -- -- anyway you get the idea big bird.
-- -- the savings pilot so start counting its start cutting and if you argue going answer to you doesn't fly then what pray tell does fly.
Charging me -- for you having folks pay higher taxes to sustain you that is for the birds big burden you know.
Assuming you couldn't make it without our.
Relative taxpayer -- just like the oil industry arguing it needs -- -- -- subsidies which is attacked more than grounds nonsense.
The oil companies will do just fine and so you divert you when your pals will thrive once cut free of the government apron strings -- long -- Can you imagine all the corporations.
Or corporations that would be tripping over themselves to happily attached -- spot to -- names.
Do you.
Just for the pay -- a good well good grief you're worth the small fortune in good PR.
Bottom line you don't need -- to prove you've got -- a big bird.
You got it goes try to go out in the real world just like to -- -- -- kids you've helped along the way.
And prove you know those kids -- -- I'm one of them just moved on.
I'm telling you big bird so can you want to hear this -- -- foot thing the whole big -- thing working it.
All right this Thursday it would be live --