I agree!
To make my thoughts on this more clear, in these hard times expenditures like this - $1,000,000 for a (most likely subpar) sculpture are outrageous!
Granted, that’s along with a host of other things including multimillion dollar vacations for 0 and family...
The first thing I would abolish are funds and grants to non-government organizations like NPR, PBS, Planned Parenthood, agri-subsidies, all forms of corporate welfare and the like