The Dutch jazz subsidy system is unusual and intelligent. To get a subsidy, a musician must first have a gig. The subsidy consists of the difference between the number on the contract and a living wage. There is also lobbying for individual grants to composers, and for individual projects. Subsidies are being cut now.
People think the government went too far.
There's a long jazz tradition here. Jazz schools turn out post-boppers like anywhere else. The beboppers consider the BIM people as grant-happy politicians who know how to milk the system. Rock musicians also resent them. These people consider the BIM a museum.