Limiting public funding for college students majoring in arts programs hardly equates to abolishing the arts. Of the great artists throughout history, how many even attended higher education programs in that field? The more common path for great artists has been to go out and do more art. Practice makes perfect.

I think we would get better results by shifting arts funding away from education and towards just paying performers to put on free public events or buying art pieces for exhibition in public spaces. Focus on the results rather than the process, and let the artists find their own paths.