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My current job is being partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The graphic novel I’m currently reading is funded in part by the Canada Council for the Arts. Here’s what those budgets looks like in comparison to each other and to military spending.

US arts funding per person in 2014: 45¢ Canadian arts funding per person in 2014: $4.08

US military funding per person in 2014: $1,945 Canadian military funding per person in 2014: $455

The US government gave more money to the arts in 1979 when the population was 225 million than it does now when our population is 318 million. I wish things were different.