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Bush increases arts funding - "President Bush on Thursday proposed the largest funding increase in two decades for the National Endowment for the Arts, an agency that once was a favorite target of Republicans. First lady Laura Bush made Thursday's announcement, saying the president would ask Congress next week for an $18 million increase for the NEA, a 15 percent hike over last year. The GOP-controlled Congress increased the agency's funding to $122.5 million last year, up from $115.7 million. That's still well below the $175 million it received in 1992."

It seems most conservatives or those who don't "understand" art oppose this increase. Whenever state or school budgets are cut, it seems the arts is one of the first areas to be reduced. So I say this is a good thing. The arts are deserving of this, but then again, I'm a fan of the arts. In some cities, taxpayers fund sports stadiums, and I would bet that not all of those taxpayers are sports fans.
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