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Thomas L. Hutcheson's avatar

I see no harm in just funding a lot of boring non-controversial stuff, symphony orchestras and scinece and art and history museums. I would not call this "conservative at all except that historically public funding for such things has been uncontroversial.

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Shelley's avatar

I don't see any harm either, but since we are 36 trillion in debt, we have to cut somewhere. The arts will still be funded by wealthy patrons, but it's not a necessity.

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Thomas L. Hutcheson's avatar

Actually, no, we do not have to cut “somewhere.” We could just decided to pay for things. As long as we make a conscious decision of tax vs cut, that’s fine. But with Trump planning a trillion dollar per year package of tax cuts,

https://thomaslhutcheson.substack.com/p/a-trump-budget-scorecard

NEA looks like a low priority for deficit reduction.

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Paul Cassidy's avatar

Funding symphony orchestras is “boring non-controversial stuff”? Really?

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Thomas L. Hutcheson's avatar

Yeah, If you don’t like the content, change it. I’m not a revolutionary. :)

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