There is plenty of room for disagreement on these issues but why does Mr. Schwab always fall back on unwarranted personal attacks?  The arts are not directly related to the Federal budget any more than reducing the size of the EPA when it comes to providing public services.  It might surprise Mr. Schwab, but it wouldn't most people familiar with government financing, that a reduction in personnel actually can result in improved public service. The giant non-efficient bureaucracy commonly known as the Federal government is more of an obstacle to providing public services than any political objective.  Improving efficiencies and staff reductions through budget reductions often times results in higher performance standards and cannot necessarily be attributed to a political objective, as Mr. Schwab would have you believe.