Trump team prepares dramatic cuts

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I would be shocked if there are not more professional artists now than at any point in history.  This "oh, won't someone think of the artists!" hand wringing seems a bit much to me.  If a specific art is important, it will stick around.  If it's not, it wont.  Just like always.  You have to sell yourself to rich people or the masses to make a go at it, just like always.

We've had this conversation in the past about endangered languages. The cultural sphere can't and shouldn't be markets all the way down.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Cuts r good.

[Mr. Smith]

Small government stupidity as usual.

[ag]

I will say something strange: I do not care. In the scale of the disasters that await us, the minor things like the funding for this or that does not matter. Nor, for that matter, at this point do I care about ridiculously minor things like tax rates, etc. And I am an economist.

At this point, whether you are a socialist, a liberal, a neoliberal or a libertarian, whether you believe in public ownership or in laissez faire: if you are a decent human being, economic views should not matter.

So, what do I think of a Trump policy on (whatever)? I hate it. Irrespective of whether I have argued for or against the very same thing for the last 20 years.

[kyc0705]

Cutting the arts/humanities = Automatically oppose. Only cowards do this.