Wow.
A little perspective on Bush’s federal budget proposal.
The NEA looks like… well, a tiny moon of Neptune. Or a rock circling a moon of Neptune. Holy mother of pearl.
Also sickeningly accurate is that the federal budget allocation for “Humvee” is about 5 times the size of the NEA.
I don’t mind that the arts are smaller than other national priorities. I mind that we’re exponentially smaller.