Columnist on the arts: My elected government representatives were within their rights to vote to support the arts with tax dollars  While funded by the government, however, some artists have produced works of art that are morally or aesthetically offensive to many taxpayers
Nonetheless, my conclusion is that no taxpayers have been treated unjustly whose tax dollars are used to fund some particular work of art that they may find abominable
The funding of a particular activity is warranted if it is funded by elected representatives who legitimately fund that activity in general.