Although Senator Tom Coburn was the architect of the amendment that sliced attempted to slice the arts out of the economic stimulus package, it is fair to remember that 72 additional senators fell in line to support a bad idea inspired by flawed reasoning. Apparently, Coburn didn’t feel the same sort of moral conviction to craft an amendment preventing the largest US banks from distributing executive bonuses after sidestepping the issue by renaming them “Performance Awards.” Consequently, I think the arts should adopt the same policy, instead of calling venues “Arts Centers” we should rename them “Expressive Discipline Assembly Facilities” which are part of the larger multi-billion (and certainly not wasteful) “Fundamental Fulfillment Industry.” If you can’t beat ’em…
Friday Thoughts
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