Another striking image comes from Brendan McMahon for the "Huffington Post," saying that out of the one trillion dollar budget for military and defense-related spending, if only 0.05 percent were allocated to the arts, we would be able to pay for 20 full-time symphony orchestras at 20 million dollars apiece, and give over 80,000 artists an annual salary of 50,000 dollars each.
Una altra imatge impactant que ofereix Brendan McMahon al "Huffington Post" és que si del bilió de dòlars  de pressupost per a despeses militars i de defensa es dediqués un 0,05 per cent a les arts, podríem pagar 20 orquestres simfòniques a temps complet a 20 millions de dòlars cadascuna i proporcionar a uns 80.000 artistes un salari anual de  50.000 dolars a cadascun.