Last week, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn successfully pushed through an amendment that went so far as to PROHIBIT any money in the economic stimulus measure from going to any project that is artistic in nature!
We're starting to hear some of the same tactics used to attack the National Endowment for the Arts in the 1990s, when art was characterized as immoral, indecent and inappropriate for government support.
I can think of a lot of things that are far more immoral, indecent and inappropriate for government support that these same Senators are endorsing.
For a well-reasoned argument for arts support, read Robin Bronk's piece in The Huffington Post.
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