----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Larry writes: > >"The fact is $285 million in tax dollars are >being spent. Is this subsidy truly necessary?" > >This really gets to the crux of the matter. ie:Should the fed. govn't support >the arts......AT ALL? > >...and more importantly, can it AFFORD to? > >look, if the bowheads who now populate the Congress were REALLY serious about >balancing the budget, they would start with serious spending, not the nickel >& dime stuff. For what we get from it, the NEA & the CPB are probably the >best federally-supported organizations out there. > >Think about it, if YOU were in debt up to your ass, where would you cut back >first? Instead of renting a $1000/month apt, maybe get one that's $750? or >just cut out the ONE movie a year that you see? Now that's the perportion >that weere talking about, $3000/$7, which is the REAL saving... > >Cutting the miniscule amount that is spent on the CPB & NEA is a TOKEN thrown >to the masses so that Newt can say "look, I'm saving money!"...meanwhile, he >and his cronies will vote themselves another pay raise and continue to ignore >the cuts that Gore has ALREADY implemented... > >my 2 cents >[log in to unmask] Good point, Freelancer. Personally, if I were in trouble, financially, I'd buy fewer guns, figuring billions of dollars worth of them was plenty. -PBR