In case that fact that taxpayer funding of art isn’t constitutional, nor moral, doesn’t quite do the trick for you here are a few other reasons as presented by reason.com.
There once lived two brothers named Dante and Peter. They were orphaned fairly young where they lived, just outside a small remote village far, far away. Dante was the younger brother and had bright eyes; Peter, the elder, had a timid spirit but a warm heart. They were the best of friends and kindred spirits. […]
Why is this concept so hard to understand? …Listen to these two statists make some of the worst arguments you will ever hear against private fire protection…
“You have the really evil party and you have the really stupid party. Sometimes they get together and do something that is both evil and stupid. That’s bipartisanship!” Tom Woods
