Columnist on the arts: My elected government representatives were within their rights to vote to support the arts with tax dollars. While funded by the government, however, some artists have produced works of art that are morally or aesthetically offensive to many taxpayers. Nonetheless, my conclusion is that no taxpayers have been treated unjustly whose tax dollars are used to fund some particular work of art that they may find abominable. Which one of the following principles, if valid, most supports the columnist's argument? ['The funding of a particular activity is warranted if it is funded by elected representatives who legitimately fund that activity in general.', 'Those who resent taxation to subsidize offensive art should vote against their incumbent government representatives.', 'Elected representatives are within their rights to fund any activity that is supported by a majority of their constituents.', 'Taxpayers should be allowed to decide whether a portion of their tax dollars is to be used to fund the arts.']