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The Tyee – Artists Wage 2.0 Attacks on Harper

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Toronto composer John Roby's wickedly funny song "Steve, It's Time to Leave" circulating online is as good an illustration as I've ever seen for why liberal democracies fund the arts.

Harper paying political price as artists bash back :: The Hook

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Conservative leader Stephen Harper probably thought cutting arts funding was an easy way to win the hearts and minds of “ordinary people,” by which he seems to mean people as ignorant as he is of economics.

Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/969961.html


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