Some people think that the government is wasting money on the arts and that this money could be better spent elsewhere. To what extent do you agree with this view?

Recent articles and debates have been questioning if the

government

should keep investing as much as it currently does in arts and

culture

. It's the

authors

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authors'

author's

understanding that current

government

expenditure in

such

topics

are exagerated

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is exaggerated

are exaggerated

and could be better spent

eslsewhere

in or to another place

elsewhere

.

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.

This

essay will present arguments to support

this

position and hopefully help the

government

rethink its position. Brazil has more than 40% of its population with no access to drinkable water nor basic sanitation.

This

problem alone poses the highest health threat to low income families, killing hundreds of infants every year from diseases like malaria, cholera and yellow fever. It is my understanding that

this

public health issue demands more funds from the

government

and part of it could come from decreasing arts expenses.

Therefore it

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Therefore, it

would be recommended that

government

transfers partially or totally its arts and

culture

funds

to

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for

basic sanitation projects.

Additionally

, new NGOs like Arts4All are growing and showing highly professional work in giving access to cultural presentations like paintings, sculptures and concerts to less fortunate families. Arts4All alone has promoted more expositions

last

year (350) than all top-5 public museums together. So it is arguable that NGOs can do a better job in promoting

culture

and arts to the public than the

government

,

therefore

another motive for public money to be spent elsewhere. Summarising, public opinion has become more and more critical on how and where governments spend public money, being arts a recurrently questioned topic. It is the understanding of the author that

Brazilian

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the Brazilian government

government

should cut back on arts and

culture

funds and relocate them into more critical issues like basic sanitation, classroom education and homeland security. That would lead to a better use of tax money and higher value

to

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of

the population,

specially

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

especially

those that need it the most, low income families.