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fasttense

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1. I remember a time when most museums were free to everyone.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 06:41 AM

May 2012

That was before Raygun conned his way into the whitehouse through deals with Iranian terrorist.

Now, you have to have a relative put their life on the line for corporate America to get in free to a museum. Wow, what an improvement.

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More than 1,600 US museums to open doors for free to military families throughout the summer [View all] Judi Lynn May 2012 OP

I remember a time when most museums were free to everyone. fasttense May 2012 #1

another step on the road to fascism CBGLuthier May 2012 #2

True.... midnight May 2012 #4

They had already returned to being so in the UK back in 2001 dipsydoodle May 2012 #7

Why? bowens43 May 2012 #3

Because may3rd May 2012 #9

Why shouldn't the museums be free to everybody? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #5

The founders of museums, you will discover, were mostly may3rd May 2012 #10

It is, of course, common knowledge that the philanthropists were rich people who gave back AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #11

Unfortunately, some of them were not so nice to their workers. CTyankee May 2012 #15

Should be, but government generally hates them, so visitors have to pick up the tab. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #12

The government hates them? Are you talking about the museums? Or the visitors? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #13

The museums. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #14

Most museums in NC are free to everyone unc70 May 2012 #6

Good. It's nice to see stories like this. Johnny Rico May 2012 #8