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pport. Influential voices continue to demand increases in the NEA funds along with more subsidies for the arts by state and local governments. Any support that39。s given, however, is unfair to somebody and results in a misuse of public funds. Despite what its advocates claim for it, government support of the arts is also unlikely to do much for art and for artists over the long term. 以下是重點(diǎn): What are some of the problems inherent in government support of the arts? In most respects, the problems are similar to those of excessive government involvement in other activities that ought to be left to voluntary processes. Here are ments about a few of them: 1) Government support of the arts must always be politicized and bureaucratized. One of the curious contradictions of those who demand government support is that they also demand absolute freedom of expression for the artist. They abhor political controls and anything that seems to smack of government oppression. They are also likely to be free spirits who hate following procedures and obeying cumbersome rules. Even the need to prepare the necessary paperwork and pliance forms is often bitterly criticized and resented, though such procedures are a necessity under any bureaucratized system. Artists chafe under this type of political control, but it39。s unavoidable if support is to e from the government. Soviet leaders have been denounced for their heavy