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And it means that we're telling our children, one in
four of whom lives below the poverty line, what they should spend
money on to feel good, to have friends. And that's really very sad.
They can do what they do as long as we have the part of that
broadcasting service that is saved for public broadcasting which
cares first about the public and first about our children. And I'm
not sure they care about anything else at all.
MRS. CLINTON: Joan, do you want to add anything?
MS. DYKSTRA: No. I think everyone has stated it very
clearly. I think the bottom line is that we want quality programming
for children. They have an opportunity. They can give us quality
programming. I fail to see where it is. I do know that PBS brings
me quality programming for children.
MRS. CLINTON: You know, I think it's an important point
that the economy that we all rely on is driven by a need to create
aspirations and expectations and, really, unfilled wants. I mean,
that's how people continue to buy goods and services. So that's
really the reason -- for a market economy in a way that is going to
continue to grow and provide more prosperity for people, it has to be
rooted, in a funny kind of way, in people's insecurity. I mean, if
all of us today said to ourselves, we have more than enough stuff, we
are not buying anything else, and we really meant it, you know, that
would not be good for the economy. (Laughter.)
So there is a need on the part of the economy, and
particularly one like ours, to continue to try to create in our minds
the desire for more and different things. And there's absolutely
nothing wrong with that. That is the way the system works.
But I do think there is a dark side that we don't pay
attention to. And it's something that was just alluded to -- that
when we turn our children and think of our children as miniature
adults, and really see them primarily as consumers, as little
shoppers who we want to turn into grown-up buyers of as many goods
and services as we possibly can sell them, that has a very different
perspective than if we see them as individuals with certain
potentials who it is our responsibility as parents, as citizens to
nurture.
And so there is an inherent conflict as the Professor
pointed out. And it is very difficult, I think, to be fair to
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