| Good grief man...I am just stunned that he is actually doing this. Beyond despicable. I generally will stand by him on anything, even the friggin' immigration plan. But this. This is over the line
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| Good grief man...I am just stunned that he is actually doing this. Beyond despicable. I generally will stand by him on anything, even the friggin' immigration plan. But this. This is over the line
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Speaking strictly for myself, the reason this is the straw that made the camel call the chiropractor is that I can make a logical case in my own mind for most government funding, but simply can't see the need or reason for a publicly-funded NEA. Almost to a piece, great works of art of the past were funded by non-democratic governments, private individuals or groups, or the church (a quasi-voluntary association). Some were even produced because the artist hadto produce it and (gasp) paid for the materials himself.
If my bank account at home is running short of zeroes, I certainly don't rush out to the local starving artists fair and buy up a bunch of paintings to put on my living room walls. We are at war, and I firmly believe that we have better and more pressing needs for our treasure than Piss Christ or the "Sensation" exhibit (the elephant dung monstrosity).
We need a new Lorenzo Medici, without access to the public treasury.