I understand people being excited that they are getting "free" money for "their" cause, but the whole idea of "stimulus" money was to stimulate the economy. I am a supporter of the arts and realize that they are important, but this is a waste of "stimulus" dollars. This money is a loan from China and puts our kids and grand kids into debt.
Government money is never free, and the attitude with the stimulus spending / "free money" is what got us into this mess to begin with. Mommy government can't support everything. Community arts & the theater needs to be supported by the "Community", not the government.
I think we need to once again become a responsible country... it's been a while since we've been one.
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