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Trust Fund

    13-Mar-95 04:53:12
Sb: #188627-Trust Fund
Fm: Karl F. Kugel 72467,2474
To: Paul Idol 76375,1776
Yes, I'm an evil philistine all right. Somehow, I feel disturbed that we take money BY FORCE from families making 25K a year to give to "artists" doing things like coating themselves with chocolate on stage. And that is a *mild* example, suitable for a family forum. I can't believe you have ANY idea what sort of things those grants go for. In fact, the endowments themselves are careful not to ask too many questions, since then they can deny knowing what sort of thing the "artist" does with the money. Cut them off. Zero. Zilch. Nada. (I am handicapped by having been an art history minor in college, which makes it difficult to appreciate "performance art." Elitist, but there it is.) -Karl