The National Endowment for the Arts commands such a small share of total ) government spending that it does not even appear as a separate item on the short form of the federal budget. But relative to its size, the agency has over the past few years probably consumed more debate time than any other function of government. Ronald Reagan entered office suggesting that government had no business financing or endorsing cultural activity. A dozen years later, the Republicans left the White House having turned the NEA from a sacred cow into a matador's bull -- and having diverted a third...
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