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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2085068" data-attributes="member: 7900">Well, my mother was an artist and she definitely didn't like the state funding the arts.  I suppose it would be OK if it was funding only in the schools.However, if there is enough sales of art in Oklahoma to provide $29 million dollars of TAX revenue, why should the state be funding any other form of art subsidy?  It would take a lot of art sales to generate that much in taxes.  If there is that much being sold, why can't the artists operate like any other business?  If one's product is crappy and can't sell, why should the state help one to create more crap?I also don't like the fact that the state mandated at one time that when building any new state buildings they had to spend a certain percentage for art at those buildings.  How many tax-payer dollars have been spent to have artwork that looks like used plow disks?</blockquote>