The speakers below are discussing support for the arts in United States society. Use their statements and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question(s).
Speaker A: "Government support for the arts makes the same sense as government support for the construction of dams and roads. We must support our creative people."
Speaker B: "Today, people are starving in our own land. To give public funds to something as frivolous as the arts would be an insult to the poor."
Speaker C: "The arts should be supported in the same manner they were after the Civil War, by contributions from wealthy individuals. Today, those individuals have been replaced by corporations."
Speaker D: "With government support for the arts will come government control. The relationship between the arts and the government must be like that of the separation of church and state- absolute."
Which speaker would most favor the type of government support for the art found in the New Deal?
a. Speaker A
b. Speaker B
c. Speaker C
d. Speaker D