make a living in it - it is unfortunate to be left high and dry like that. However, everyone takes risks and it would be truly foolish to a) give money to everyone whose plans don't work out like they want and b) create a whole group of people wholly dependent on the political process for their continued viability. You may bring up Fruit Ninja but I'll bring up 38 Studios - the company that made Reckoning: Kingdom of Amalur. They got a $75m loan from the state of New Jersey and then fell into bankruptcy, leaving taxpayers in that state millions of dollars out of pocket. Obviously, I can't change your mind into thinking this is a good thing. A lot of companies are just staying afloat. I know companies who applied for government media grants, like the voxel agents. It was because of that funding that they were able to get their company started. They're going well and appear to be able to support themselves. Not every company is going to go well unfortunately. But isn't it a lot better to help some companies off the ground? I don't really see as a waste of money in that sense. More jobs in the end. Still, you have your opinion, I'll have mine. It's not a bail out, it's arts funding. We also don't know if it's a "handout" yet (I assume you mean grant when you say this). We don't know if it will be in the form