Rich Italians replace culture budget cuts

[Epictetus]

Rich men in ancient Rome often contributed their own funds for the public benefit. It looks like some wealthy Italians are doing it again today.

Italy's Luxury Bailout

To me, this was the most shocking sentence in the article:

...its culture budget has been cut almost in half over the last three years, from $603 million to $340 million, and now barely covers maintenance or preservation

[jeffwyss]

Italy has by far hock: the world's greatest concentration of art (buildings, entire cities, sculptures, paintings, archeological sites) and I always found it absurd :mrgreen: the italians really believed the State should and could take care of it all. Why not admit it is not possible :oops: and instead give private people hefty fiscal reasons to contribute. The italians now have to down size their over-sized and inefficient State (as all oversized states are) and could concentrate its efforts, in this sector, to control and coordinate private funds and workings at the national and local level (a healthy art industry brings good money to the locals).

[MDF]

Unfortunately, Italian politicians (all, of course) are not capable of governing and culture is the first to suppress. Maybe rich people are the only solution ...
The situation is really disastrous. If any of you can understand the Italian language, look here

oro buttato

[Dan Howard]

Maybe rich people are the only solution ...

Rich people like Berlusconi?

[MDF]

Maybe rich people are the only solution ...

Rich people like Berlusconi?

absolutely not :evil:
rich people who want to invest their money and value the culture, do not survive as it happens now.