“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”

Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas


Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Taxpayer funding of the arts isn't in the Constitution

Here's yet another example of your tax dollars being used to promote the thoroughly debunked global-warming agenda, masqueraded as art......

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $700,000 grant to the Civilians, a New York theater company, to finance the production of a show about climate change. “The Great Immensity" tells the story of Polly, a photojournalist who disappears while working in the rain forests of Panama. The grant is a rare gift to an arts organization from the foundation, a federal agency that pays for science, engineering and mathematics research and education.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: no tax dollars should be taken from citizens to fund "the arts" for the idle enjoyment of other citizens. I don't care if it's the symphony orchestra, art museum, or a jazz hands production of Kill Bill II, if a community wants any of this stuff for their own enjoyment, they can fund it with donations, fund drives, and ticket sales.

1 comment:

Bill Lockhart said...

I've always thought that if people don't care enough to shell out $$ for tickets to the show, then why are we making it? WASTE of tax dollars!!!!