the ministry of education, culture and science's staggering 21 billion budget is the largest of any dutch government agency. adjusted to population size, it is roughly equivalent to the military budget of the united states. the culture ministry spends 400 million a year directly on the arts - about 25 dollars for every dutch citizen. by comparison, the national endowment for the arts budget in the united states is 115 million - 40 cents for every american

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