[ClearCase_guy]

This sort of thinking has been tried for decades in Europe. Is the jury still out, or have people decided whether this works or not?

[cripplecreek]

Liberals like to point to Leonardo DaVinci as an example of an artist living on patronage money. They leave off the part about people choosing to pay DaVinci and the fact that he also did several other things to earn a living. (including being an evil military contractor)