[-empyre-] forwarding from David Byrne

[Alan Sondheim]

Thanks Lucio and Simon,

The arts get in the way of Trump of course - that's fundamental; even the 
simplest acts of resistance have their contrary aesthetics...

On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, simon wrote:

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> The Trump administration and their Republican allies hope to eliminate 
> funding for a number of federal arts organizations. This is a political 
> move?it really doesn?t amount to much money?it?s a tiny part of the federal 
> budget. The amount of federal funding is $741 million, which sounds like a 
> lot, but is less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the United States? annual 
> federal spending, an amount supporters say is too small to make a difference 
> in the budget if it was cut. On a budget pie chart it doesn?t even show up, 
> it?s too small.
>
> Q: What does that ?investment? get us as a nation??A: It gets multiplied more 
> than 100 times= $135.2 BILLION.
>
> In 2013, the production of arts and cultural goods added more than $704 
> billion to the U.S. economy. This amounts to 4.23% of GDP. The arts and 
> cultural sector contribute more to the national economy than do the 
> construction, agriculture, mining, utilities, and travel and tourism sectors.
>
> - from http://davidbyrne.com/journal/what-good-are-the-arts
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