Local oligarchs soak up hundreds of millions in public subsidies, capturing tax revenue and funds meant for schools, libraries, and public infrastructure. Occasionally, in between campaign contributions, they donate a small portion of their money to support the arts or a public good. These contributions are of course tax deductible, and never balance out the funds they have stripped out of our communities. We are expected to be grateful for our supposed Shepherds, to cheer the latest "little" gilbertville, and to forget where the money came from. As artist and community members we believe there is a better way- rather than giving our public wealth over the rich in exchange for crumbs- we imagine a world without oligarchs; where we fund our neighbors, our culture, and our future, and where our society is run in the interests of the many, rather than the whims of the few.