Posted on 05/06/2011 8:32:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
US deficit 1.6 trillion of which 90 billion per month is spent on war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is about 1 trillion out of the 1.6 trillion deficit. Repeal Obamacare and we will squeeze out another 300 billion. That leaves about 300 billion that must be cut. I leave it to other freepers to comment on how that can be done. Trump actually proposed a one time 14.5 percent tax on wealth (not income) of individuals worth 10 or more million dollars. He figures that will raise about 5 trillion and use it to pay down the existing debt. That will save another 200 to 300 billion in annual interest payments to service the debts. These one time acts would eliminate most of the 1.6 trillion annual debts.
The 50s were arguably the high water mark of American musicianship. I don't think Bud Powell was government approved.
Right now government approved music is sucking all the air out of the room.
US deficit 1.6 trillion of which 90 billion per month is spent on war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is about 1 trillion out of the 1.6 trillion deficit. Repeal Obamacare and we will squeeze out another 300 billion. That leaves about 300 billion that must be cut. I leave it to other freepers to comment on how that can be done. Trump actually proposed a one time 14.5 percent tax on wealth (not income) of individuals worth 10 or more million dollars. He figures that will raise about 5 trillion and use it to pay down the existing debt. That will save another 200 to 300 billion in annual interest payments to service the debts. These one time acts would eliminate most of the 1.6 trillion annual debts.
Less money for “Piss Christ” and other taxpayer funded democrat party icons.
A cultural outrage!
"The CBO figures show that the most expensive year of the Iraq war was in 2008, the year when the surge proposed by Gen. David Petraeus and approved by President Bush was in full swing and the turning point in the war. The total cost of Iraq operations in 2008 was $140 billion. In 2007, the cost of Iraq operations was $124 billion. "
Not sure how to link it, but the article was here:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/30/cbo-years-iraq-war-cost-stimulus-act/
he’s here in MN...no chance of that happening .
MPR will be funded even if grandma had to starve.
They already do that.
The majority of the money goes to the already well-endowed subscription institutions such as the museums, symphonies, opera, dance companies. Only one or two small grants in the $5k range go to individuals in each arts category. Most of these artists could self-fund their projects with a part-time, minimum wage job or a summer of fairly successful art fairs.
The Peer Review Committee is normally composed of the wives of politicians and wealthy donors who are active in fundraising for the institutional arts or who run galleries. Rarely is there a working artist on the committee and even more rarely is it an artist who actually runs a profitable, tax-paying art-related business.
Percent for Art simply inflates the cost of any new public building. Even then, in the past when I have known recipients (mostly blacksmiths and sculptors), the grants, while nominally large, barely cover the working costs of the installation and simply keeps the studio alive for a year or two. The grants do provide a resume boost to the artist and often will allow them to get an edge in bidding for private commissions, mostly through the networking via awards dinners and other institutional arts events. Prestigious gallery shows can be another result.
Placing the Arts Board under Tourism is also going to be a bitter pill for the Arts Board staffers to swallow. I haven’t kept up with the funds directly under Board control, but, in the past, it allowed them to have influence in regional arts organizations. They spend a fair amount of time and money traveling to outstate arts events/organizations. A lot of this is actually stealth political vetting prior to giving small grants to various events and organizers.
It is surprising to me to see that the NEA grants to the state are much lower than they were 25 years ago.
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