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Everyone NEEDS to know about this.
14 years ago
This whole thing seriously makes me feel physically ill when I talk about it...but I need to spread awareness about how much of a potential loaded gun this is.
Kansas just got a new governor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brownback ). He's this conservative republican jackass who will completely fuck up the progress Kansas has been making the last few years.
He was only in office for three days when he submitted his budget to the state.
Among other things on his budget, he's planning on cutting government funding to Public Broadcasting (their response: "We don't despise Public Broadcasting"), cutting funding to many health and assistant programs, cutting funding from K-12 education, and completely eliminating the Kansas Arts Commission.
The Kansas Arts Council issued a statement about cutting the Arts here: http://arts.ks.gov/advocates/index.shtml
If this gets approved by the legislature, art will no longer be offered in Kansas schools or funded through the government at all. This means K-12 will have absolutely no art education in their curriculum, there wont be grants to present to artists to help them fund their work, and many small education programs related to the arts will be gone. Jobs, opportunities, and social progress will be lost, thanks to this.
HOW DOES THIS EFFECT ANYONE OUTSIDE OF KANSAS???
By passing this, Kansas will become the only state in the entire US and territories that does NOT have an arts commission. Even worse is that it will send a message to the rest of the US that the arts are unneeded, extraneous, and should have the funding eliminated from state budgets..
There's not much anyone outside of Kansas can do to stop the budget from going through the House. However, art communities all over the country NEED your support. The arts improve the quality of life dramatically. By losing art programs, we are taking huge steps backwards in social progress.
It's upsetting enough that this has to happen to Kansas. I'm spreading the word because I don't want to see it happening throughout the rest of the United States.
Be a part of your local art scene. Donate to arts programs or offer to donate services to those programs. When political agendas include cutting funds to art programs, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEM. Don't let the arts die in your community, because it is the very thing that brings us together.
Extra reading:
The Arts in Kansas: A Return on Investment http://arts.ks.gov/advocates/roi.shtml
Kansas just got a new governor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brownback ). He's this conservative republican jackass who will completely fuck up the progress Kansas has been making the last few years.
He was only in office for three days when he submitted his budget to the state.
Among other things on his budget, he's planning on cutting government funding to Public Broadcasting (their response: "We don't despise Public Broadcasting"), cutting funding to many health and assistant programs, cutting funding from K-12 education, and completely eliminating the Kansas Arts Commission.
The Kansas Arts Council issued a statement about cutting the Arts here: http://arts.ks.gov/advocates/index.shtml
If this gets approved by the legislature, art will no longer be offered in Kansas schools or funded through the government at all. This means K-12 will have absolutely no art education in their curriculum, there wont be grants to present to artists to help them fund their work, and many small education programs related to the arts will be gone. Jobs, opportunities, and social progress will be lost, thanks to this.
HOW DOES THIS EFFECT ANYONE OUTSIDE OF KANSAS???
By passing this, Kansas will become the only state in the entire US and territories that does NOT have an arts commission. Even worse is that it will send a message to the rest of the US that the arts are unneeded, extraneous, and should have the funding eliminated from state budgets..
There's not much anyone outside of Kansas can do to stop the budget from going through the House. However, art communities all over the country NEED your support. The arts improve the quality of life dramatically. By losing art programs, we are taking huge steps backwards in social progress.
It's upsetting enough that this has to happen to Kansas. I'm spreading the word because I don't want to see it happening throughout the rest of the United States.
Be a part of your local art scene. Donate to arts programs or offer to donate services to those programs. When political agendas include cutting funds to art programs, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEM. Don't let the arts die in your community, because it is the very thing that brings us together.
Extra reading:
The Arts in Kansas: A Return on Investment http://arts.ks.gov/advocates/roi.shtml
Fight the good fight sister!
Double comment all the waaaayy! ^_^
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Sure a smart move to make Kansas a friendly, educated, open minded and cultural state.
Bullshitty moves like this always smell like corruption.
Kansas is essentially dooming itself to social and economical failure by getting rid of the arts. Other proposed budget cuts include health care services, funding for K-12 education, public broadcasting, and major cuts to government programs and agencies agencies that would force many to be laid off or retire (which fuels another huge problem which is the lack of funds in the state funded retirement programs for government workers...that program is going to blow up, which means my mom won't get her retirement money anymore, which means both my mom and I will both be fucked unless I can miraculously score a great paying job after I finish college in May).
By cutting health care, education, and the arts, there really is no incentive for businesses to open up shop in Kansas, which means our economy goes down the toilet and Kansas will have a beefy debt to pay off for the next few lifetimes.
WAY TO GO, BROWNBACK. Asshat. >:C