tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post4296418662024927848..comments2024-02-27T16:59:54.089-05:00Comments on (The New) Theatre Ideas: Obama's Arts PolicyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-57173282176533424122008-02-06T18:27:00.000-05:002008-02-06T18:27:00.000-05:00I support our soldiers out in Iraq and Afghanistan...I support our soldiers out in Iraq and Afghanistan (if not the war itself), but if even .0001% of the military's budget for this year were spent on the Arts, it would make the current NEA contributions look like chump change.<BR/><BR/>Someone (I'm ashamed to say that I can't recall who it was) posted recently that the gov't cut $50 million from the NEA budget in the 2008 budget and that it was allocated towards the military. What good is another $50 mil gonna do for the military? Buy one tank that's gonna get blown up by a $50 IED? No thanks.<BR/><BR/>Give me Shakespeare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com