In the face of crushing deficits, is Washington finally serious about curbing its profligate ways? The clearest indication that the answer is “no,” writes Shikha Dalmia, is the continued existence of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. These are no-brainer cuts, Dalmia notes, not only because the original rationale behind them was daft, but because their impact is so negligible that nixing them requires no forethought.
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New at Reason: Shikha Dalmia on Cutting Federal Funding for the Arts
