Another striking image comes from Brendan McMahon for the "Huffington Post," saying that out of the one trillion dollar budget for military and defense-related spending, if only 0.05 percent were allocated to the arts, we would be able to pay for 20 full-time symphony orchestras at 20 million dollars apiece, and give over 80,000 artists an annual salary of 50,000 dollars each.
Još jedan upečatljiv podatak iznosi Brendan McMahon iz "Huffington Posta," navodeći da kad bi se od trilijunskog budžeta za troškove vojske i obrane, samo 0,05% dodijelilo umjetnostima, mogli bismo platiti 20 simfonijskih orkestara zaposlenih na puno radno vrijeme po 20 milijuna svakome, i za preko 80,000 umjetnika osigurati godišnju plaću od 50,000 dolara.