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Why should the jocks get all the breaks again?

Once again the government is putting the arts below the importance of sports. It has to stop and we are the only ones that can do it!

This from Arts News Canada http://www.artsnews.ca  for your consideration:

Someone has started a petition against the federal government limiting the so-called "soccer mom" tax credit to only sports activities and demands that *all enrichment activities in which parents enroll their children are included* . 

I don't know the person who started it, but text of the petition reads in part, *"The implicit assumption is that involvement in traditional sports has a higher value than taking piano or dance lessons, taking classes in the visual and dramatic arts, singing in a youth choir or taking part in debating or chess clubs. This is unsupportable in fact and undemocratic in its effects.*

*Parents who choose to spend their money on developing the aesthetic, cultural and artistic gifts of their children should not be discriminated against in favour of parents who choose to support their children’s’ athletic abilities."*

Why should the jocks get all the breaks again? 

You can go here to sign the petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl

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