DUDES. ART = CULTURE = LIFE.

[primroseburrows]

It's cold and I've got broken pipes in my house and things that will cost a fortune to fix and there's no water and heat in obasically one room and we're getting YET ANOTHER SNOWSTORM, so I'm justifiably angsting and generally bummed.


But this? Brings me SO MUCH JOY:


Stimulus Package Includes Millions For The Arts

Because, yes, it DOES matter. And it's about bloody time.

Comments

[peacey.livejournal.com]

Arts = Culture = Economic Stimulus???

Being a writer (yes, dammit, that's what I am), I am a splinter on a spoke of the arts wheel, so yes, of course I want money directed toward the arts. However. The stimulus package is meant to provide an immediate shot in the arm to the economy, stimulating the immediate and massive growth of jobs, and providing immediate stabilization to our financial sector. Outline for me, in detail please, how this allotment of funds to the arts will do that, and is not, as included in this bill, pure pork. And please, no long term effects, for again, this package is meant to have an immediate effect.