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Great - remove all art from your daily life and see how you like life without it - oh, I forgot, you can't, because art and design is everywhere for your enjoyment, most the time for free. Quit freeloadin'.

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The general lack of respect that artists and the arts is at the base of this. Artists are relentlessly asked to donate work to support other organizations and causes, and as a whole tend to be incredibly generous with their product, their talents, their ideas, and their labor, to contribute to a richer and more meaningful society. Taking support away from a population that already tends to creatively get by on a shoestring is especially unforgivable. Why is it the corporate tax is not reviewed? The companies that so benefit from the "livability" of this beautiful place should contribute much more. But they have lawyers and lobbyists, etc. The arts organizations and artists are an easy hit. Yes, artists and arts organizations indeed do subsidize our society. We do real work, these are real jobs, and rarely with benefits, by the way.

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