Rock Stars Benefit from Obama Stimulus Plan!

[KiwiCoromandel]

SPIN's Ellen Carpenter suggests how the President might spend some of that $787 billion -- and help out rock'n'roll.

Given all the new beneficiaries of President Obama's economic stimulus package -- first-time home-buyers, small business owners, unemployed bloggers -- the American rock music industry seems to have been cruelly overlooked. For just a fraction of that $787 billion, many singers and rappers at risk could be pulled from the brink of ruin. Here are some targets for the Obama/SPIN.com stimulus spending plan...

read more: http://www.spin.com/blog/rock-stars-benefi...a-stimulus-plan

source: SPIN

http://www.blinkx.com/video/richest-rock-s...faCCXgAfTc49OtN

image: Fair Use/inlinethumb08.webshots.com: ROCK N ROLL...live like a rock star.

[DudeAsInCool]

In general, the arts were overlooked in the stimulus pacage. It's not such a bad idea as the arts can be an encouraging and reassuring factor during tough times During the depression, artists were hired in many areas.