Government’s aim is always, whatever its other interests, expansion of its own power.
Any expansion or contraction of power ought to be made by The People exclusively, without any self-interested influence by the object of their discussions. Decisions about health, foreign aid, war and other affairs are properly made by our representatives, but the opinions expressed to those representatives should be free of influence by parties within the government.
The People must be free to discuss what their government is and ought to be, without influence of the government itself. It shouldn’t influence the vote.
Repeal or otherwise neuter H.R.5736 - Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, whose purpose is “… to authorize the domestic dissemination of information and material about the United States …”
The fact that this is even a question is something that is absolutely astounding to me. Repeating this should be 100% a priority for the next administration.
The law should be:
“The government of the United States of America, nor the government of any of the states or territories. Shall not give any grants of money, to fund any media agency.”
I have voted for all smith mundt policies in this forum. This is definitely one of the most important policies that need to be addressed. It needs more traction. And weaponizing autism as a destructive force with the wrong ideology needs to be addressed too.
This is so important. We can no longer allow our government/media (I put them that way because it’s hard to differentiate between the two) to lie to us constantly and divide our nation.