Sesamstraat : De letter 'P' staat voor Prison, Only in America deel IV

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Een videoreeks van Sesamstraat leert de Amerikaanse jongeren (3 - 8 jarigen) een lesje ivm de letter 'P', die staat namelijk voor 'Prison'.

Soms(*) gaan de ouders daar naartoe.

(*)3% van de Amerikaanse bevolking zit een straf uit of wordt nauwgezet opgevolgd.

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Nog : Sesamstraat, ook de Amerikaanse regering neemt deel aan de operatie

[T]he President of Sesame Workshop, Gary Knell, received in 2008 a salary of $956,513. In that sense, Big Bird and Sen. Harry Reid embody the same mystifying phenomenon: they've been in "public service" their entire lives and have somehow wound up as multimillionaires.


[T]he 990 also revealed that Sesame Workshop received $44,984,003 in royalties last year, which includes sales of Sesame Street brand merchandise like "Tickle Me Elmo" dolls. That means Big Bird made five times in merchandise sales than what he received in government grants.

An even closer look at Sesame Workshop's finances shows the government funding Romney wants to cut is only a small part of their budget and may not be necessary at all. In 2011, Sesame Workshop received $31,555,192 in grants and donations last year apart from the U.S. government. They also raised over $2 million in additional funds from various fundraising events. In all, Sesame Workshop raised almost $34 million in private funds for Sesame Street, aside from government grants.

In addition, Sesame Workshop brought in almost $30 million in revenue from content distribution and media production. In total, Sesame Workshop brought in over $122 million in revenue, not including government grants. On their website, Sesame Workshop claims corporate, foundation, and government support make up 35% of their budget. Realistically, however, government funding only accounts for just over 6% of their budget.

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Video - 14-Year-Old Faces Year In Jail Over Pro-Gun T-Shirt

17 juni 2013 - Police arrest 8th grader for exercising first amendment right. 14-year-old Jared Marcum faces a year in jail after he was arrested by police in Logan County, West Virginia for refusing to remove a pro-Second Amendment t-shirt. Police initially claimed Marcum made “terroristic threats” for daring to exercise his first amendment, but later backed down from that charge. Both police and prosecuting attorney Michael White refused to speak to the media about the case. Marcum faces a year in jail when he returns to court on July 11, unless his attorney can get the charges dropped in the meantime. “Every aspect of this is just totally wrong,” said Marcum’s step father Allen Lardieri, pointing out that Marcum doesn’t have a criminal background. “Me — I’m more of a fighter, and so is Jared. And eventually we’re going to get through this,” he added. “I don’t think it should have ever gotten this far.”