Dim Bulb: Sen. Barbara Boxer

DIM BULB Who: Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. What: Said GOP funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are a “vendetta against Elmo,” also mentioning that Britain funds 100 percent of BBC Why it’s dim: Plain and simple, U.S. debt tops $14 trillion. Cure: Don’t chose debt-ridden countries like Britain for your budget model.

Published March 7, 2011 5:00am EST



DIM BULB Who: Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.

What: Said GOP funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are a “vendetta against Elmo,” also mentioning that Britain funds 100 percent of BBC

Why it’s dim: Plain and simple, U.S. debt tops $14 trillion.

Cure: Don’t chose debt-ridden countries like Britain for your budget model.