OK, I hate responding to trolls, but the other part of the message bugged me more.  I know of no museum professional who
wants to keep people out of their museum.  I am desperately trying to get more people in to my museum.  It is unfortunate
that tax cuts and the shifting of priorities in corporations (who have dramatically increased dividends and executive
compensation while salaries and benefits have fallen when adjusted for inflation, along with the aforementioned cut in
sponsership to smaller non-profits in outlying communities) has reduced the available money from those who can afford to
pay for education, health, welfare, and other social goods.   While it is argued that it is more "fair" for everyone to pay for
their own share of supporting institutions such as museums through admissions, the unfortunate result is that those who
most need access to educational services offered by museums and other non-profits are cut out by the need to charge for
services that were once free or low cost.  Look for more institutions to charge for their services if the Bush tax cut gets
rammed through congeress. (Does anyone remember the last time we tried to cut taxes, increase military spending, and
balance the budget?  Is it only a coincidence that that was when the redistribution of wealth towards the top accellerated
in the United States?)

James H Tichgelaar
Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum
http://museum.astate.edu

"All we ever wanted was everything.  All we ever got was cold."

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