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Originally Posted by sooziesoul
So explain to me how giving millions to the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center helps keep our government running????? Or for that matter our taxpayer money to other countries??????
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I believe millions to the Kennedy Center was part of the CARES act and not this recent bill.
Money for the Smithsonian was part of the COVID bill in support of the arts. Just as grocery store workers and airline workers need help, so do artists.
The CARES act was not part of this recent bill.
The COVID bill and the money it provides was part of "keeping our government running" only because it was attached to the Omnibus bill.
Part of what the US government does is provide support to foreign governments. That money was part of the Omnibus bill and the Omnibus bill was needed to keep the government open.