[Nova442]

You're quibbling over small potatos brainstem. A few million dollars to the NEA or AIDS prevention/treatment in Africa is nothing compared to the billions in cuts to discretionary spending that are on the table. Think of those the way a business thinks of advertising, money spent for PR purposes. It has very little to do with the size of government.

[brainstem223]

It has everything to do with the tone being set by the administration. The fact that this idiotic spending is minor compared to the billions, also wasted, is a silly argument. Why are they just cutting now after being in office for the past 6 years? Your defense only highlights the vast extent of the misgoverning.