The amounts spent on arts, heritage and sports have all but halved (we'll forgive the lack of millennium spending!) whilst half of the total amount now goes on "conventional tax funding". Looters!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Other overspending...
It seems the government need money from wherever it can come. The image below (link through to the Croydonian's post) shows quite clearly how the money from the UK's National Lottery is divided. Some change! Not only that but TC adds that the Big Lottery Fund spends 12% of its budget on bureaucracy, 3 or 4 times the amount other charities spend. Looters! The amounts spent on arts, heritage and sports have all but halved (we'll forgive the lack of millennium spending!) whilst half of the total amount now goes on "conventional tax funding". Looters!
The amounts spent on arts, heritage and sports have all but halved (we'll forgive the lack of millennium spending!) whilst half of the total amount now goes on "conventional tax funding". Looters!
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I wonder what the one pound was spent on!
I'm always quite puzzled why there is such hostility in the U.K towards Arts funding, we all need a spiritual outlet. I've got a post coming up on the Tate. It's really bad news that we are now seeing more money go as another indirect tax, particularly as those on smaller incomes tend to make up a greater share of lottery ticket buyers.
I'm sure they've had polls on it "do you want xyz mllions to go to abc operahouse" etc. So maybe the gov are just doing what people want. But buggered if I'm going to let that stop me whinging at them! You'll note that the 'whole amount' is actually a lot less than 10 years ago but that just makes the fact the gov take half even worse.
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