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re: Frick the Endowment for the Arts
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:59 pm to dangerbird0994
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:59 pm to dangerbird0994
quote:Good question.
How much are we subsidizing the oil industry this year?
Exxon paid $31 Billion incorporate tax last year
Chevron paid $20.0 billion
ConocoPhillips paid $7.9 billion
Those were the 1st, 2nd, and 6th highest taxed companies in the country last year.
By comparison for example, Walmart paid about 1/4th Exxon's total, albeit on 10% higher revenue.
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:04 pm to Scanlon Shorthalt
quote:
In arguably the most "artistic" time in the history of man, the Renaissance, there was no Endowment for the Arts. Yet more creativity, art, music, science, and philosophy came from that era than any before, and possibly after.
HOW DID THEY DO THAT WITHOUT GOVERNMENT MONEY?????
In Italy, they had the patronage of the church (Michelangelo) and of private citizens like the Medicis and the Borgias (Da Vinci).
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:07 pm to NC_Tigah
dayum
I'll be interested in hearing the retort to those facts.
I'll be interested in hearing the retort to those facts.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:10 pm to Covingtontiger77
Modern art is garbage.
Trash it.
Trash it.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:12 pm to roadGator
We will not be seeing dangerbird again this thread 
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:15 pm to Covingtontiger77
quote:
IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE A LIVING DOING SOMETHING, IT IS NOT A JOB...IT'S A HOBBY!!
Who determines whether you can or cannot make a living out of it and what is the criteria?
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:32 pm to Covingtontiger77
This thread screams "I buy my art from Hobby Lobby" written all over it. Why aren't you baws complaining about raising the military budget?
The only thing trump has done i raise paranoia amongst the middle class.
The only thing trump has done i raise paranoia amongst the middle class.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:17 pm to roadGator
quote:Me too.
dayum
I'll be interested in hearing the retort to those facts.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:31 pm to ellishughtiger
quote:Actually it screams just the opposite.
This thread screams "I buy my art from Hobby Lobby" written all over it.
Talented artists can actually sell their work.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:39 pm to NC_Tigah
Haha. Wow. I bet you have those "live, love, laugh" prints on your wall.
The art from there is all mass produced and made in China or Mexico. Including the prints.
The art from there is all mass produced and made in China or Mexico. Including the prints.
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:49 pm to PoundFoolish
quote:Are there not patrons of the arts now?
patronage
Posted on 3/16/17 at 3:01 pm to Covingtontiger77
It's been around since the 60s. It's a failed govt experiment at this point. Art will continue to be produced, it's quality, accessibility and appeal to the average person will improve.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 3:08 pm to ellishughtiger
quote:Nah, you'd lose that bet. We've picked up some nice pieces over the years.
I bet you have those "live, love, laugh" prints on your wall.
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