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30 October, 2007
Should Government Subsidize the Arts?
Here’s Frédéric Bastiat on the subject:
Does the right of the legislator extend to abridging the wages of the artisan, for the sake of adding to the profits of the artist?
And to extend that question, what causes justify abridging the wages of the artisan?
(The quote was from Bastiat’s great essay, That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen. Read the full thing!)
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
