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Originally Posted by Gozer
3) Gov't should not be spending taxpayer's disposable income for them. And make no mistake, arts have never fed the hungry or warmed the cold. It is a luxury, and therefore not in the scope of the gov't.
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Well, Franz Bibel's
Ave Maria is one of the most incredible choral works ever written. It was composed in a concentration camp during the Nazi regime and performed in the dead of winter by the starving and freezing.
An extreme example I know, but art IS in fact essential to life.