A $15 million water falls in NY?

Question

Isn't that crazy or what? I just read it in Yahoo news that they are planning to build high water falls all around the city for art's sake, but for crying out loud, why don't they just donate that $15 million to the poor and needy or the bums of NY?

Answer 1

Yea that ****'s crazy there speding money just on bull **** know, it's  crazy the govt is crazy

Answer 2

I can think of worse things.

I like waterfalls.  Do you complain about every fountain in a city park too?  How much do you think all those city parks cost?  Public art is a pretty standard expenditure for public spaces.  Some of it can be really cool, some of it really stinks...and nobody is going to agree on which is which.

Deal with it.

(And it's a heck of a lot better than funding art made from elephant dung.)

Answer 3

NYC has inproved tremendously in the recent past as far as crime, (out of the top 10), slums are being cleared, the old skid row, the Bowery, is yuppiefied and now that Guiliani is gone, corruption is down. If they want some Art, why not? That 15 mil probably accounts for about an hours worth of parking tickets.

Answer 4

well you could say that about just about anything people pay for like the i phone or the ps 3

Answer 5

Why do you think it's somehow your desision on how that artist spends his budget....look at the amount of $ that polititions and sports figures make and how about diverting some of that overspending to helping the homeless.....why do we as americans have to foot the bill for every foreign country that's poor or overpopulated or suffering....look how much Bush has spent on the war....what happened to all the Katrina money? I don't see that well spent either. Parts are still the same distruction as when it happened.

Answer 6

Solar Power to keep Bums warm employ Homeless building Solar Power Arrays add more workers by creating Solar Power industry. In addition could suggest entertainment money,SuperBowl, Nascar, NHL money citizens spend could be spent on making jobs through solar power,electric power.

Answer 7

I too, think that this is CRAZY!   I see some answers saying it is no different than buying a ps3 or i phone.  Well, the difference is, is that we have a CHOICE to buy or not to buy.  Where is that 15 million going to come from, and what do we have to say about it?

Answer 8

There's def a better way to spend 15 mil