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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3024)	10/24/2002 7:14:08 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7689

Tell me: Why should theater, poetry, sculpture, etc. get public tax money? Laz, Laz, Laz: Because it's the right thing to do. Why should defense get public tax money? Art, at least, lifts the human spirit.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3024)	10/25/2002 3:55:01 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

I think we should cease direct subsidies of projects, but should provide some support of museums and theaters, in order to make them more available to the public. In the first instance, municipalities should provide support on the same basis that they might maintain park land or libraries. After that, states may elect to supplement funds, for example, to enable more school participation. And the federal government might provide aid for key regional institutions, in the form of grants for competitive proposals that would enhance facilities or collections.......