Small arts initiatives in the US are going to have a very hard time

Opponents of government support for arts and culture quite often cite the United States of America as an example of how things can be done differently. There, according to these people, no tax money goes to art and culture, and there is art despite this. Others point out that there is government support for art in America, and that much of the top art in the US exists partly because of the support there is for it in Europe: the United States imports more than half of its top art from relat...