Mr. Trump’s Neighborhood

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

“The president finally got to the point where he said, ‘do I really want to make the coal miner in West Virginia, or the auto worker in Ohio, or the single mom in Detroit to pay for the National Endowment of the Arts or the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?’ And the answer is no.”

—Mike Mulvaney, White House budget director, on “Fox and Friends,” “Trump budget would end federal funding for arts endowment, PBS,” Fox, March 16, 2017

“What do you do with the mad that you feel, when you feel so mad you could bite? When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong . . . and nothing you do seems very right?

      “What do you do? Do you punch a bag? Do you pound some clay or some dough? Do you round up friends for a game of tag? Or see how fast you go?”

—Fred Rogers (1928-2003), testifying to Congress against proposed cuts to public broadcasting, 1969, “The Best Argument For Saving Public Media Was Made By Mr. Rogers In 1969,” HuffPo, March 16, 2017

• Editorial Comment: Well, yes, I want to pound something...

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