Proponents of government-funded programs almost always state that there is no “fat” to cut from their programs and in fact need more money.  However, as a taxpayer, I do not think spending $697,177 by the National Science Foundation (a federally funded organization) on a play about climate change as lean muscle – and I think most Americans would agree that if there is enough money to hand out grants like this, then their budgets can be reduced (or at least not further grown).