You know, I would like to think those in the field of economics are a bit more bright than Tim Clancy.

This country has enough financial problems without adding the grief that a half-bright moron like Mr. Clancy would plunge us into.

On the other hand, the study of economics is light-years away from what his unusually pitiable letter tried to convey, resulting in two subsequent thoughts:

That Tim came across as a cranky old lady with a head full of cheap wine, bad noise and loose dentures and that he should be forgiven anyway.

For, it is true, he was more than a tad out of his league on this one.

Citizens, as a rule, have very little to say as to just where dear Uncle Sam puts their hard-earned tax dollars, and most have at least some coherent complaint about some aspect of the process.

Dan Grzeca is himself a citizen, and as such also funds government programs. How you could conclude that Ms. Abbato has final say as to what is or isn’t “obscene” taxes even my admittedly feeble powers of intellect.

Now, you said Anne doesn’t want to ante up for things she feels are filthy beyond the pale, or whatever the definition she uses for those things she’d rather not have to confront on the wall of a museum.

Given to a single person, let alone any group of people, that power becomes subjective censorship, and no matter how you look at it, no definition for “obscene” will change the fact that the NEA was set up to enhance the public’s exposure to and enjoyment of art in all its myriad of forms.

This ideal will be doomed to dismal failure if the Abbatos of this country have their way, and the human race will be all the poorer for it.

Greg Brown

Graduate

Rehabilitation