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> [Frankly, it is clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding, and the challenge right now is that if we lost it altogether, we would have a lot of stations go dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/frankly-it-is-clear-that-we-would-be-better-off-in-the-long-run/)

[Ron Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-schiller/)

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> [The total station economy is about $800 million dollars a year, and about $90 million comes from the government. In the long run, we would be better off without federal funding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/the-total-station-economy-is-about-800-million-dollars-a-year-and/)

[Ron Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-schiller/)

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## More by Ron Schiller

> [Frankly, it is clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding, and the challenge right now is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/frankly-it-is-clear-that-we-would-be-better-off-in-the-long-run/)

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> [While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/while-the-meeting-i-participated-in-turned-out-to-be-a-ruse-i-made/)

[Ron Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-schiller/)

> [The total station economy is about $800 million dollars a year, and about $90 million comes from the government. In the long run, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/the-total-station-economy-is-about-800-million-dollars-a-year-and/)

[Ron Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-schiller/)

> [The current Republican Party is not really the Republican Party. It's been hijacked by this group that is not just Islamophobic but, really, xenophobic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/the-current-republican-party-is-not-really-the-republican-party-it-s/)

[Ron Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-schiller/)

> [What NPR did, I'm very proud of, and what NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-schiller/what-npr-did-i-m-very-proud-of-and-what-npr-stood-for-is-non-racist/)

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