#1 Why are our tax dollars going to this stuff?
Posted: Thu, 26 Jan 17, 02:56 am
I stopped into a bar near work on the way home tonight to say hello to the manager/bartender. Last Friday we were discussing Trumps first day in office. Tonight when I stopped in he brought up the fact that Trump has stopped grants to the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and for Planned Parenthood.
Initially I agreed with the concern for the ending in funding for the NEA and the NEH and was defending the Planned Parenthood cuts. I wondered, why does the nation have to pay for among other things, certain women's abortions? Especially when one considers that these women are complaining about Senators being in their vaginas. I mean really? The Senators wouldn't be there in the first place ladies if you didn't insist that the government help fund those doing the abortions. It seems hypocritical to me to expect the tax payer to fund these things then complain because our politicians try to put regulations on it (read, get into your vaginas). I believe you do have a right to your own bodies, that you can do what you want, for the most part, to it and no man can say otherwise. Just don't expect us to foot the bill for it because somehow it is your right and therefor the taxpayers as a whole are somehow accountable. Could you imagine the flare up that would occur if a male (or female for that matter) insisted that the government pay for a "tummy tuck" because it was his right to his body?
Upon further reflection, I also consider the cutting of the grants to the other two agencies as appropriate. Consider this, my income is no where near even a median income. Money is tight, because of this, I have not gone to even a movie in a long time (last time in the theater was for Deathly Hallows part 2). Should the government, which is in debt, be paying for something non critical such as Arts and Humanities? It is debatable at the very least. Being a patron of the arts is something for those who have a lot of money to do, not for the government to take from the taxpayer for.
Initially I agreed with the concern for the ending in funding for the NEA and the NEH and was defending the Planned Parenthood cuts. I wondered, why does the nation have to pay for among other things, certain women's abortions? Especially when one considers that these women are complaining about Senators being in their vaginas. I mean really? The Senators wouldn't be there in the first place ladies if you didn't insist that the government help fund those doing the abortions. It seems hypocritical to me to expect the tax payer to fund these things then complain because our politicians try to put regulations on it (read, get into your vaginas). I believe you do have a right to your own bodies, that you can do what you want, for the most part, to it and no man can say otherwise. Just don't expect us to foot the bill for it because somehow it is your right and therefor the taxpayers as a whole are somehow accountable. Could you imagine the flare up that would occur if a male (or female for that matter) insisted that the government pay for a "tummy tuck" because it was his right to his body?
Upon further reflection, I also consider the cutting of the grants to the other two agencies as appropriate. Consider this, my income is no where near even a median income. Money is tight, because of this, I have not gone to even a movie in a long time (last time in the theater was for Deathly Hallows part 2). Should the government, which is in debt, be paying for something non critical such as Arts and Humanities? It is debatable at the very least. Being a patron of the arts is something for those who have a lot of money to do, not for the government to take from the taxpayer for.