BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS

The Drudge Report ^ | 01-28-2004 | Matt Drudge

[Captain Peter Blood]

BUSH TO SEEK BIG BUDGET INCREASE FOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS... Laura Bush plans to announce the request -- for the largest increase in two decades -- on Thursday... Developing...

[Nanodik]

The FY 2003 Budget for the NEA was $115.731 million. That included a $10 million increase that was the "biggest in years". We're probably talking about something like $20 million.

Kind of like that saying "a million here, a million there and pretty soon you're talking real money". This is totally in keeping with Dubya. The guy has not seen a federal program he won't throw a billion dollars at.

[freedomcrusader]

Just when I come around to the idea of voting for Bush again, he goes and does something I despise...

If this is true, then I give up on America.

[Old Fud]

Republicans have been working for at least 10 years to Kill this Department and De-Fund it.

Oldthink, Cap'n. We need to reach out to the aspiring Mapplethorpes, Annie Sprinkles, and Joel Peter Witkins and win 'em with a little tax funded compassion. Why art would cease to be produced without NEA funding; your mind ain't right.

Yeah, /sarcasm.

[Nanodik]

Is bush a closet socialist?

He has been out of the closet for some time now. It's just that most of his supporters have their heads in the sand.

[yonif]

Shhh....

Its better then the Democratic opinion on the matter /sarcasm

[victoryovertheleft]

We're talking about a few million here, calm down.

We'd have to increase their budget by $10 million a year for a hundred years to get to a billion.

[Peach]

Hopefully Congress will just say "no." Loudly and clearly.

[pollywog]

If this story is accurate, it's a strategic error on the part of the White House.

You had better believe it! If he ends up out of office, HE DESERVES IT after this!

[tubavil]

Why is he torturing us like this?

Theory: He thinks he is invincible and as such attempts to broaden his appeal by giving our money for more "Piss Christ's."

Expect a pre-election last minute slight change of direction but it will be too late, nobody will trust him by then.

One termer.

[yonif]

Its party over principle

Bump.

[Old Fud]

Therefore, government should encourage it.

Don't you mean demand it, by force of law?

[RunningJoke]

I'm with you on that.

[GeronL]

Give me a break folks, you're going to give your tacit support to the Party of Treason over a few million? How stupid are you?

CFR, medicines for all, illegal immigrants

Come on, gonna give up on the liberal Republicans for a few TRILLION???

[dwilli]

Bush is a politician, nothing more. Bill Clinton at heart was more of a conservative.

[Nanodik]

As some of you might recall, Ken Burns' film The Civil War was partially funded by the NEA and it, IMHO, is the one piece of patriotic filmmaking of recent years which will be long-remembered.

I loved that series! And it was still a fabulous misuse of taxpayer funds.

[SCalGal]

Call me naive, ignorant, or both, but what the hell is the national endowment for the arts?

Yet one more thing that we can't afford.

[Sloth]

It's all part of Bush's shrewd strategy to shrink the federal government. Anyway, I suppose you'd like Kerry better? < /bot>

[GeronL]

And, while I'd happily pay for patriotic art- it's rather clear that a lot of other people won't. Therefore, government should encourage it.

I WON'T PAY PEOPLE TO CRAP IN MY YARD EITHER, DOES THAT MEAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY OR IT??????

sorry for the caps.

[victoryovertheleft]

Look, we've got to win the bloody election before anything else can be done. Can't you see that?

If Bush went with the policies you demand of him, he'd be right where the Constitution Party is in the polls, or where Pat Buchannan was in 2000. Get it?

You're free to have a lot more principles when you don't have to govern.