Nations should suspend government funding for the arts when significant numbers of their citizens are hungry or unemployed.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning f

Any government's prime role is to look after the welfare of its citizen and run a system were by every citizen has access to basic amenities such as food, shelter and security. The reason for unemployment and hunger can be many, ranging from lack of resources, corruption, inefficient government etc. To determine what steps must be taken in order to curb such frailities, proper analysis of root cause and proper redress must be taken . Primarily stopping funds for arts or for any other activity not directly related to unemployment may not have the desired result.

Corruption or inefficient government doeas lead to unemployment and hunger, but in this case stopping funds for arts will not likely result in eradication of hunger, as the money saved from there will also be lost in corruption. The government role will be then to redress the corruption and the result will follow. It is not prime role of government to feed people, but rather create environment by promoting industry, growth, education and direction, wereby people earn their livelyhood. Feeding a poor will solve the problem for the day, making him competent and creating oppurtunity will, for ever.

Causes of poverty or unemployment as stated above is due to many reason. Internal clashes among different caste or tribes, poor economic policies resulting into stifled business scenario, lack of education are the basic culprit for any country being hungry or poor. Merely diverting fund towards hungry will only alleviate problem for the time being. For example if we take the case of India, many people are dying because of hunger and unemployment, but this is not due to lack of resources or money, but rather due to corruption, large population and lack of sustainable policies. The government of India will not stop spending money on defence, infrastructure, arts, sports just because some people still cannot access basic necessities, but rather aims to run the system so as to make its defence stronger, culture rich and focus on growth of business and most importantly education, so as to make country, where people will get a chance of participating in mainstream. This will not only alleviate hunger and unemployment but also create a Nation who is strong enough, cuturally rich, and thus a competent society.

Having said that, any government's prime role should be to eradicate hunger and unemployment as these are the basic indicators of any nation's heath. If the larger section of people are hungry, prime funding and resources should be directed towards redressing the burning issue. It if required should be carried out on any expenses. It should not be that people are dying and few are engaged in luxuries such as arts. Any successful society is marked by its arts and culture, so any country free of hunger will automatically pay more attention towards cultural development.

In any case the proper analysis of hungerness and unemployment must be undertaken and proper steps must be taken, which can be stopping funds for arts or any other activity if required. Most importantly any government should focus to alleviate the burning problem of hunger and then focus on long terms plans to eradicate it from the root, along side making roads in other field also, so as to become truly a sustainable culture.