Returned!

[calamardejesus]

My trip to New York was... eventful, to say the least. I wrote a small tome on the subject which can be read below for the truly adventurous. The rest of you may (and when I say may, I mean will) want to stick to the summary

Comments

[itur_ad_astra]

Can I braid your hair? ;P

[sitara97]

art for art's sake that cost millions of dollars....

[calamardejesus]

True, it cost around $21 million dollars. However, the artists paid for it without drawing from any public funds or other money that would have been directed elsewhere, all the materials are being recycled, and it made an estimated $254 million in tourist revenues for New York City, the benefits of which were diffused across both businesses and cultural institutions.

Not that there weren't countless better uses for the money, but still, far worse examples of lavish expenditure have been seen.

[sitara97]

i know. but it's still a ridiculous thing to spend that much money on.
uh-huh, cause trickle-down economics always works. ;)

that's true. but i still maintain that it's a very odd way to spend so much money.