Paid to Not Write

Then we'd see who does it because they love it:

Western governments have spent many billions bailing out the banks in these crunched-up-credit days; and the US motor car industry is, even as I blog, begging the US govt for billions more in similar subvention. The next move? Paul Greenberg, writing for the New York Times, thinks that governments should put billions into paying writers not to write.

via RHUL Creative Writers Weblog