LA TIMES CULTURE MONSTER: ARTS JOBS ARE REAL JOBS
Submitted by admin on February 17, 2009
One puzzlement in the debate over the congressional stimulus bill has been the inability—or the perverse refusal—of many to include jobs in the culture industry as a legitimate concern. Politicians of various stripes, from California Democrat Dianne Feinstein to Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn, seem blind to the simple reality… So what gives? Why are so many blind to the simple reality that arts workers are real workers?
I chalk it up to our celebrity culture.
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