Lets hate the arts

 For a while now I've had a sneaking suspicion that people who should know better are taking an axe to the arts.  This includes rich non profit executives who have a single vision of the world and their enablers.  Peter, a composer, has no interest in using music as a solution to the problems his nonprofit seeks to solve.  http://novofoundation.org/    Bill Gates refuses to support the arts.  Oddly though they both support public school curriculum reform and both approaches are arts free!! 

Schools without arts that will make the world a better place.


Also


 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/good-charity-bad-charity.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

http://gawker.com/do-not-give-a-dollar-to-the-opera-1277379327
Here we have a false choice.  Supporting the arts kills children.  Really?  Shameless.

What about El Sistema?
Why not pick on the pet owners?  What is obvious to me is the idea of a "healthy productive life" as Bill Gates proposes is joyless. 


My response re-posted here
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/giving-money-to-the-arts-_b_3908945.html

Can art feed hungry people? No, it cannot. "

Sometimes it can ---many folks earn a living in the arts.
In addition El Sistema has brought many people out of poverty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema