Now that the burning question of whether to bar NPR from receiving any more federal funds has been answered in an emergency US House vote, our elected officials must turn their attention towards job creation.
Or defunding more public programs. Toward the second probability:
it has been suggested that NPR, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities are, and I quote, "frivolous.
" Perhaps they are. After all, we will pay $172.4 billion for proposed total Iraq & Afghanistan war spending for FY2011 and money doesn't grow on trees.
It may seem reasonable to slash a proposed $43 million from the NEA if arts education no longer has a place in our society. As much as the thought of that possibility makes me despair, I cannot speak for you.
So please weigh in and vote, and leave your thoughts in the comments if you desire.
it has been suggested that NPR, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities are, and I quote, "frivolous.
" Perhaps they are. After all, we will pay $172.4 billion for proposed total Iraq & Afghanistan war spending for FY2011 and money doesn't grow on trees.
It may seem reasonable to slash a proposed $43 million from the NEA if arts education no longer has a place in our society. As much as the thought of that possibility makes me despair, I cannot speak for you.
So please weigh in and vote, and leave your thoughts in the comments if you desire.
(P.S.: If your desires take you a bit further, you can also contact your Representative.)
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