http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/michigan-radio-the-cost-of-creativity/ All Michigan, All the Time Fri, 17 May 2013 11:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/michigan-radio-the-cost-of-creativity/#comment-57287 Arts funding in MI today | Elk Rapids Live Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:56:36 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/?p=7125#comment-57287 [...] Michigan Radio has a great radio documentary titled The Cost of Creativity that I really hope you get a chance to check out. They note that while Michigan was funding arts & culture at a level of $26 million dollars a year through a combination of state taxes and federal money a decade ago, it’s just $2.5 million today. As a comparison: Michigan taxpayers will spend more on prisons in 11 hours than they spend on arts and culture in the entire year.  Absolute Michigan [...]

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