Comments on: Congress Restores Arts Funding, Drops Arts Stimulus Ban, After Public Outcry

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:34:14 +0000

@ Annoyed Libertarian…
Then give all your money to another artist.
This isn’t about party or politics, its about property rights…
better yet, give your songs to another musician to perform and profit from, then the feds can confiscate his money and give it to some other lobbying “artist coalition”
get real

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By: Annoyed Libertarian Musician

Annoyed Libertarian Musician — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Is this really going to become yet another annoying, divisive political blog? Is there no escape from this bullshit?

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:28:06 +0000

Does your art not make enough money on it’s own to support itself without confiscating, by way of force, other peoples money to subsidize something that people wouldn’t otherwise willingly pay for? That money was also taken from artists who pay taxes from profits thier art earned, which they may have been able to reinvest in themselves and thier own artworks/forms had the government not taken it for redistribution and social engineering, also, if the goovernment is paying you for your art, you are not free and niether is your art. If art relies on a government hand out for survival then it might as well die.

By: bliss

bliss — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:57:19 +0000

"SAE have informed me that although their plans for Ardour have not changed, their sponsoring of Ardour development will stop at this time." â€“Paul, Ardourâ€™s lead developer

By: Michael David Nolan

Michael David Nolan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:48:06 +0000

Brother Dartanyan Brown sent me your way. Yes, much to celebrate, still miles to go in gaining recognition of the artist as contributor to the economy, education, the cultural “infrastructure” of our nation.

I’m spearheading the “National Campaign to Hire Artists to Work in Schools,” which will continue to labor to get federal stimulus money to hire artists to work in schools and other social institutions as the billions cascade down to the states and localities in the coming weeks and months.

We’re also monitoring, praising and participating in the upcoming hearings before Congressman George Miller’s House Education and Labor Committee on the impact of the arts and artists on the economy and education.

Visit our Facebook group under the full Campaign name or http://www.nchaws.org. See the recent video endorsement by Tony Award-winning actor, Bill Irwin.

Onward,
Michael

By: Wendell

Wendell — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:12:52 +0000

By: Abe Mora

Abe Mora — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:11:15 +0000

I’m sooo excited!!!!
Its time for some change

By: Dan Gillespie

Dan Gillespie — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:15:37 +0000

Hey Peter,

Thanks for being on point on this one. It seems so much is changing in our culture right now, it’s scary and exciting at the same time. This latest, however, is very good news indeed.

At any rate, you’ve been on top of this issue in particular, and I appreciate it.

By: samu

samu — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:11:12 +0000

Great news. Transatlantic congratulations to all those who made it happen.