If the Americans are truly spending more money on culture (eg the statistics are not loosely gathered and similarly interpreted) it might be because America has a lot of catching up to do.

This being said, it'd be nice if one saw spent some of that philanthropy on public housing and an RMI of sorts so I'd see less single mothers at the dorothy day center and (presumably) the shelters.

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill