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I agree totally.  Unless we provide exposure to the arts in our schools and in the general community, it will be a tough sell to provide public funding for the arts.  We are creating a culturally illitirate society as our schools eliminate the arts.  Now more than ever you have to have money to experience art, dance, and music.  Public funding for the arts will not happen unless it provides art experiences to the schools and free cultural experiences to those who could otherwise not afford them.

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