What Color is The Sky in the Arts Community ?

$15,000 for a poop machine ? From Belgium ? Not even Canadian ? $40,000 for a flying Banana ? To be flown in Texas ? Not even Canada ?....................................Just stunned. Really. And the Arts community wonder why every day Canadians on the whole are completely ignorant when it comes to funding the arts at our expense. Just stunned. These are but a couple examples of ridiculous funding examples. I really don't think that the general populace is concerned about arts in tough financial times. Really. And if your going to spend money on the arts, make sure it is for Canadian art of a Canadian nature/origin and is being promoted/displayed in Canada. Honestly. I assume that the greedy music/movie industry is listed under 'the arts'. And they wonder why people illegally download music and movies. Movies at and average of $25 each on top of the average $15 each at the theatre and the $6 at the rental outlet and then the purchase to showing rights and subsequent advertising revenues on TV. Music at average $20/CD and then concerts at a ridiculous price and music downloads. And then you hear artists, driving mercedes, complaining about pirating. Makes me ill. Oh yeah. Can't forget the price gouging and highly illegal and greedy practices of Ticketmaster. Screwing us. This is why I buy my art at Walmart and listen to my music on the radio. Scumbags. The industry is worse than all other corporations who are trying to screw us. When you can pay an actor 10 million dollars for a movie, your pretty sure they are going to ultimately be bringing in 50 times that amount...plus. Royalties last forever. So maybe people should start railing against the 'arts' industry as well as other corporations. 'Struggling artist needs money' Fund them with government money ? No. Get a job that pays. Fund the arts ? Fund this.