Word: elitists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Critics charge that Gingrich is playing right-wing politics, trying to stifle funds for cultural projects that he and his allies dislike. Nonsense, the Speaker has replied. Why should all taxpayers be forced to contribute to elitist art or TV programming that most of them would not choose to see or watch? Beneath this debate rest some questions that could have enormous consequences for cultural life in the U.S. One need not be a Philistine to wonder whether the Federal Government should be in the business of setting aesthetic standards. But can the marketplace, by itself, do a better...
Other witnesses argued that CPB is elitist, taking money away from all Americans and providing entertainment for a few upper class liberals. CPB's subsidy was portrayed as some sort of regressive tax, an example of the liberal tyranny over honest, hard-working Americans. But canceling CPB's funding is not a victory for the average American; it is a blow to those who need the resources most...
Never mind that some parents, given their attitude toward the big purple dinosaur, might actually call that a step forward. The race for the symbolic high ground has begun. Newt Gingrich has complained that public television is elitist and just a "sandbox for the rich," and that Joe Taxpayer should not have to pick up the tab anymore. Public-TV executives, who will argue their cause this Thursday at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, have responded by casting themselves as champions of the common man -- and the common kid. Good grief, Newt Gingrich wants to do away with Big Bird...
...particular, DiGiovanni accuses the fund of using its legal and political power for "elitist" ends. While it allows some stores into the Square, it has fought against potentially popular fast food outlets, he says...
...voted against it, because I don't think it's a good idea, but I was told I was being elitist," he said...