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          “I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS,” said Mitt Romney at the presidential debate. Ever since then, all arrows point to Sesame Street.

                                                 Big Bird wouldn't comment on politics, but had a few jokes when he joined Seth Meyers on SNL last Saturday.

                    "I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for.”

                           After Mitt Romney said this at the presidential debate last Wednesday, there's been so many jokes that relate to PBS, Sesame Street and it's funding. Most of the jokes come from the internet and shows like Kimmel and David Letterman. Big Bird has even made an appearance on Saturday Night Live. Big Bird said he "doesn't want to ruffle any feathers," but gets his word out and doesn't seem to worry about losing his job anytime soon. 

                 The show has been running for over forty years, eight million views a week with 43 seasons and President Obama is working to keep them on air for their 44th. He's gone so far now, that he's even campaigning with Big Bird. But we all know, this isn't mainly for Sesame Street, its for four more years. If it doesn't work out, it's four more  months. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has many great shows that bring in lots of views like POV, Austin City Limits, American Masters and of course Sesame Street.

              If PBS does end up with nothing, this won't have much of an effect at all to Sesame Street because they get “very, very little funding” from PBS, says  Sesame Street's executive vice president Sherrie Westin. Most of the funds come from either donations, sponsors or product sales. The twitter account @BlGBlRD has been created for Big Bird and has gathered over 30,000 followers since then. Although it focuses on this topic, it's "Not affiliated w/ Sesame Street or PBS." from the twitter account. Since 2011, the federal government has spent about 43 million dollars to support PBS, but this money also splits up to NPR and other stations like them. Most people say that things should work smoothly for PBS and Sesame Street will be able to keep it's name.